Christian mission in seventeenth-century Taiwan: a reception history of texts, beliefs, and practices
"This is the first book-length study of the reception of Christianity and the epistemic outcomes of contact between Protestant and Catholic missionaries and Indigenous Austronesians in the contact zone of seventeenth-century colonial Taiwan. In the Age of European Expansion, Dutch Reformed and...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2025]
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| In: |
Brill series in Taiwan studies (volume 3)
Year: 2025 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Brill series in Taiwan studies
volume 3 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Taiwan
/ Christianity
/ Mission (international law
/ Church history studies
/ Church history studies 1600-1700
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| Further subjects: | B
Catholic Church
Missions (Taiwan)
History 17th century
B Missions (Taiwan) History 17th century B Reformed Church Missions (Taiwan) History 17th century B Taiwan Church history 17th century |
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| Summary: | "This is the first book-length study of the reception of Christianity and the epistemic outcomes of contact between Protestant and Catholic missionaries and Indigenous Austronesians in the contact zone of seventeenth-century colonial Taiwan. In the Age of European Expansion, Dutch Reformed and Spanish Catholic missionaries attempted to win the souls of Indigenous Austronesian people in Taiwan. Christopher Joby answers the question of how the missionaries tried to overcome the gap between their own cultures and languages and those of the Indigenous Austronesians or Formosans to communicate their versions of the Christian Gospel in the contact zone of seventeenth-century Taiwan, and he analyses the consequences of these encounters. As such, this book is a reception history of the texts, beliefs, and practices that Reformed Protestant and Catholic missionaries introduced to convert the Formosans to their mode of Christianity. Using many linguistic and non-linguistic examples, this approach allows for a 'complementary colour perspective' by comparing the epistemic outcomes of the Dutch Reformed and Catholic missions"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XX, 465 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-71634-6 |
