Helping "our Canadian brothers": Early Recollect Missiology as an Experiment in Christian Community, 1615–1629
Existing histories of the brief Franciscan Recollect mission to New France (1615-1629) tend either to overstate the assimilatory character of the Recollect missionary vision or to overlook their comprehensively political vision. Through a close re-reading of early Recollect sources, I excavate a mis...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2018
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Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Year: 2018, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-108 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
New France
B Franciscans B Recollects B Montagnais B Hurons B Mission (international law |
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| Summary: | Existing histories of the brief Franciscan Recollect mission to New France (1615-1629) tend either to overstate the assimilatory character of the Recollect missionary vision or to overlook their comprehensively political vision. Through a close re-reading of early Recollect sources, I excavate a missionary vision for cohabitation between indigenous people and French settlers that, while assimilationist in some ways, also reflected deeply a conviction of human equality, a nascent understanding of the church as a political alternative to empire, and a willingness to learn from and adapt to indigenous cultures. The Recollects’ vision was shaped at every stage by their specifically Franciscan practice of poverty. This poverty predisposed them to critique mercantile interests in the colony, shaped their appreciation of indigenous traveling companions, and made them more prone to recognize Christian equality across cultures. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-6656 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jemc-2018-0003 |