The fire of tongues
Subtitle: António Vieira and the missionary church in Brazil and Portugal
By: Thomas M. Cohen.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Vieira, António, 1608-1697; Jesuits -- Brazil -- Biography; Jesuits -- Portugal -- Biography; Missionaries -- Brazil -- Biography; Missionaries -- Portugal -- Biography
Description: "This important contribution to the biographical literature on  Antônio Vieira demonstrates how his experiences in Brazil, and his detention by the Inquisition in Portugal, convinced him that the missionary enterprise must be separated from Portugal's imperial project. Vieira concluded that the Jesuits' special talents (especially their talent for languages) equipped them to build the Christian church in the New World"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index.