Translating catechisms, translating cultures : the expansion of Catholicism in the early modern world /
Translating Catechisms, Translating Cultures explores the dimensions of early modern transcultural Christianities; the leeway of religious negotiation in and outside of Europe by comparing catechisms and their translation in the context of several Jesuit missionary strategies. The volume challenges...
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Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2017.
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Studies in Christian Mission
52.
Studies in Christian Mission Online, Supplement 2018, ISBN: 9789004363939.
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| Summary: | Translating Catechisms, Translating Cultures explores the dimensions of early modern transcultural Christianities; the leeway of religious negotiation in and outside of Europe by comparing catechisms and their translation in the context of several Jesuit missionary strategies. The volume challenges the often assumed paramount Europeanness of Western Christianity. In the early modern period the idea of Tridentine Catholicism was translated into many different regions where it was appropriated and adopted to local conditions. Missionary work always entails translation, linguistic as well as cultural, which results in a modification of the content. Catechisms were central instruments to communicate Christian belief and, therefore, they are central media for all kinds of translation processes. The comparative approach (including China, India, Japan, Ethiopia, Northern America and England) enables the evaluation of different factors like power relations, social differentiation, cultural patterns, gender roles et cetera Contributors are: Takao Abé, Anand Amaladass, Leonhard Cohen, Renate Dürr, Antje Flüchter, Ana Hosne, Giulia Nardini, John Ødemark, John Steckley, Alexandra Walsham, Rouven Wirbser. |
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| Item Description: | "The present volume is the proceedings of the Conference "Comparing Catechisms - Entangling Christian History" (14-16 May 2014) organized by Antje Fluchter" --ECIP galley. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9789004353060 |
| ISSN: | 0924-9389 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |