Guillaume Alonge

A History of Jesuit Missions in Japan (eBook, ePUB)

Evangelization, Miracles and Martyrdom, 1549-1614

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book marks a significant contribution to the literature on the history of the Jesuits, Catholic missions and Christianity in Japan.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003847632
• Artikelnr.: 69570214

Autorenporträt

Guillaume Alonge is Assistant Professor at the University of Turin, Italy .

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction

I. Preaching a foreign God

1. Missionary violence

2. Christ's samurai

3. From persecutions to martyrdom

II. Planting Crosses

1. The conquest of sacred space

2. Symbol of a suffering God

III. The Miraculous Tree

1. The cross in the trunk

2. Christianizing ancient cults

IV. The Wood of Martyrdom

1. Crosses of blood

2. The Japanese Roses of Nagasaki

V. The Pope's Samurai: Takayama Ukon

1. A martyr without martyrdom

2. The postmortem career: from failures to the altars