The missionary strategies of the Jesuits in Ethiopia (1555-1632)
By: Leonardo Cohen
Series: Aethiopistische Forschungen -- Bd. 70; Äthiopistische Forschungen -- Bd. 70.
Publisher: Harrassowitz
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9783447058926
Subjects: Missions; Proselytizing; Jesuits; YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān; Catholic Church; History
Notes: Based on doctoral thesis, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical outline : Ethiopia in the 16th and early 17th century; title: Evangelization from top to bottom; title: Gaining control of the church hierarchy; title: The gift of speech; title: The Jesuit missionary as translator; title: Controversies : biblical interpretation and Christology; title: Teaching and the arts; title: Missionary attitudes toward Ethiopian religious practices.