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Missionizing on the edge religion and power in the Jesuit missions of Spanish Amazonia

Title
Missionizing on the edge [electronic resource] : religion and power in the Jesuit missions of Spanish Amazonia / by Francismar Alex Lopes de Carvalho.
Author
Carvalho, Francismar Alex Lopes de.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

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Summary
"Established in 1638 in a vast Amazonian territory that today encompasses border areas of Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Brazil, the missions of Maynas were one of the Society of Jesus' main enterprises in Spanish America. Jesuit writings provide a unique insight into the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century encounters between Europeans and indigenous peoples. In effect, they shed light on how native Amazonians appropriated elements of Christian religiosity and Iberian urban culture. This book is not only about how indigenous populations experienced life in missions. It is above all a study of how natives actively engaged with the practices and ideas of settlement and religiosity transmitted by the Jesuits"--
Series Statement
Jesuit studies, 2214-3289 ; volume 37
Uniform Title
Missionizing on the edge (Online)
Alternative Title
Missionizing on the edge (Online)
Subject
  • Jesuits > Missions > Peru > Maynas
  • Missions > Social aspects > Peru > Maynas
  • Indians of South America > Peru > Maynas > Social conditions
  • Ethnic relations > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
  • Peru > Ethnic relations > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Images of Natives -- Images of the Devil -- Missionary Entradas and Ethnic Processes -- Territorial Disputes and the Financing of the Missionary Enterprise -- Between Captivity and Conversion: Spanish Jesuits, Portuguese Carmelites, and Indigenous Peoples -- Mediators of the Sacred: Missionaries' Indigenous Auxiliaries -- "A Veritable Jungle of Languages": Jesuits, Language Policy, and Cultural Translation -- Conversions.
LCCN
2022044564
OCLC
ssj0002765920
Author
Carvalho, Francismar Alex Lopes de.
Title
Missionizing on the edge [electronic resource] : religion and power in the Jesuit missions of Spanish Amazonia / by Francismar Alex Lopes de Carvalho.
Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Series
Jesuit studies, 2214-3289 ; volume 37
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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Print version: Carvalho, Francismar Alex Lopes de. Missionizing on the edge Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] 9789004462038 (DLC) 2022044563
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