The Perils of Accommodation: Jesuit Missionary Strategies in the Early Modern World

The notion of accommodation, or the adaptation of one’s message to one’s audience, has been regarded as a central feature of the Jesuit way of proceeding at least since the seventeenth century. In recent years, scholars have come to understand accommodation as a rhetorical principle, which—while roo...

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Main Author: Prieto, Andrés I. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 395-414
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBM Asia
KBR Latin America
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Accommodation Jesuit missions China Chile Paraguay Peru José Acosta (1540–1600) Matteo Ricci (1551–1610)
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