Jesuit on the roof of the world
Subtitle: Ippolito Desideri's mission to eighteenth-century Tibet
By: Trent Pomplun.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780195377866
Subjects: Desideri, Ippolito, -- 1684-1733; Jesuits -- Italy -- Biography; Missionaries -- Tibet -- Biography; Missionaries -- Italy -- Biography; Missions -- Tibet; Tibet -- Church history
Genres: Biography
Description: Jesuit priest Ippolito Desideri traveled in Tibet from 1715-1721. Describing his spiritual warfare against the Tibetan 'pope', the missionary offers a unique glimpse into the theological problem of the salvation of non-Christians in early modern theology. Pomplun follows his journey.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Jesuit phantasia; title: From Rome to Lhasa; title: Tibetan religion in theological perspective; title: The Zünghar invasion; title: The fight with the friars; title: Compositio loci: Tibet.