Steven E. Turley

Franciscan Spirituality and Mission in New Spain, 1524-1599

Conflict Beneath the Sycamore Tree (Luke 19:1-10)

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Produktbeschreibung

Franciscans in sixteenth-century New Spain were deeply ambivalent about their mission work. Fray Juan de Zumarraga, the first archbishop of Mexico, begged the king to find someone else to do his job so that he could go home. This discontent was widespread, grew stronger with time.

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Produktdetails

• Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9781409454212
• ISBN-10: 1409454215
• Artikelnr.: 41241659

Autorenporträt

Steven E. Turley has served as a lecturer in History at Rice University and as an adjunct assistant professor of History at Fuller Theological Seminary - Texas. He is currently a graduate and faculty chaplain at Rice University. His next research project will extend the analysis of the present book, to examine the ways in which Franciscan mission work and spirituality continued to interact and evolve as they moved into the northern territories of Mexico.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Medieval precedents of missionary spirituality, 1209-1523
The eremitic ideal of the mission pioneers, 1524-1548
The difficult reality of the mission practitioners, 1524-1548
Flight and fight in the missionary Church, 1549-1574
Eremitic retreat and a new missiology in the Church, 1549-1574
Crisis and renewal in the maturing Church, 1574-1599
Peninsular repercussions of the mission enterprise
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index.