Jesuit Missions in Portuguese America in the sixteenth century: Gentile conversion strategies
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| Formatua: | artículo original |
| Egoera: | Versión publicada |
| Argitaratze data: | 2016 |
| Deskribapena: | In Portuguese America, one of the main active religious orders was the Society of Jesus. With the main goal of evangelizing the indigenous in the new Brazilian lands, the Ignatian Order mustered up several conversion strategies, building settlements, colleges and seminaries. Through various letters between the center (Rome) and the peripheries of missionary work, the Order sought to also ensure their survival as their religious project. Thus, it was established, over time remained in brazilian soil, as the right arm of the portuguese Empire. To build this project, the gentile was framed in theological-christian logic, looking for his conversion wich presented great difficulties to the Jesuits. Thus, the Company sought to form a new man, a christian man. |
| Herria: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Erakundea: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Hizkuntza: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/25021 |
| Sarrera elektronikoa: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/25021 |
| Gako-hitza: | Society of Jesus evangelization conversion gentile portuguese Empire Companhia de Jesus missionação conversão gentio Império português |