The Jesuit mission to New France
Subtitle: a new interpretation in the light of the earlier Jesuit experience in Japan
By: by Takao Abé
Series: Studies in the history of Christian traditions -- v. 151
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9789004192850
Subjects: Historiography; Jesuits; Missions; Indians of North America; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Iberian and French Jesuits from an international perspective; title: Review of literature on the Jesuit missions to Japan and New France; title: Interpreting non-Christian cultures : Jesuit biases; title: Preaching, winning converts and educating them : evolving multifaceted strategies; title: Organising a mission for a Christian community : missionary réductions reconsidered; title: Accepting and comprehending Christianity : non-European practice of the religion; title: Conclusion : the French Jesuit mission revisited.