In the early 17th century, South India is a recent missionary frontier for the Society of Jesus. In regions marked by a weak political and military Portuguese presence, the Jesuits are in direct confrontation with the devil, whose presence is manifest in every moment. In their providentialist interpretation of history and the world, faith is without any doubt their first line of defense and the motor of their actions. At the same time, though, the missionaries have a trust in reason as an additional weapon against devilish plots and conducive to the conversion of souls. The cosmological disputes that they maintain with the “scholarly Brahmins” they meet, as we exemplify in this paper, clearly show that reason is considered as a universal (o...
The Jesuits were expelled from many places of the world in the 18th century due to many different fa...
Orientador: John Manuel MonteiroTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de F...
The Coimbra Jesuit Course treaties were part of the baggage brought to Brazil by the Jesuit missiona...
Este trabalho analisa o imaginário e o discurso dos missionários da Companhia de Jesus em relação à ...
This work analyzes the peculiar missionary project proposed by the Italian Jesuit Roberto de‘ Nobili...
The meeting between Indians and Europeans was based on mutual cultural translations, in which each ...
No contexto da expansão ultramarina portuguesa no Oriente, a região do Maduré, localizada ao sul da ...
Pretendemos sumariar alguns aspectos da actividade missionária, particularmente, da de António Vieir...
O estudo tem por objetivo analisar parte das relações entre portugueses e hindus na região de Goa en...
O livro discute o trabalho dos capuchinhos italianos diante da alteridade americana, especialmente n...
The aim of the work is to analyze the difficulties encountered by the Society of Jesus missionaries ...
The presence of the Society of Jesus at Maranhão and Grão-Pará States, between 1653 and 1759, was ba...
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, P...
The most recent studies about catholic identity point towards 16th century as the origin of many tra...
Este trabalho analisa a acção missionária jesuíta na capitania do Espírito Santo entre 1549 e 1759no...
The Jesuits were expelled from many places of the world in the 18th century due to many different fa...
Orientador: John Manuel MonteiroTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de F...
The Coimbra Jesuit Course treaties were part of the baggage brought to Brazil by the Jesuit missiona...
Este trabalho analisa o imaginário e o discurso dos missionários da Companhia de Jesus em relação à ...
This work analyzes the peculiar missionary project proposed by the Italian Jesuit Roberto de‘ Nobili...
The meeting between Indians and Europeans was based on mutual cultural translations, in which each ...
No contexto da expansão ultramarina portuguesa no Oriente, a região do Maduré, localizada ao sul da ...
Pretendemos sumariar alguns aspectos da actividade missionária, particularmente, da de António Vieir...
O estudo tem por objetivo analisar parte das relações entre portugueses e hindus na região de Goa en...
O livro discute o trabalho dos capuchinhos italianos diante da alteridade americana, especialmente n...
The aim of the work is to analyze the difficulties encountered by the Society of Jesus missionaries ...
The presence of the Society of Jesus at Maranhão and Grão-Pará States, between 1653 and 1759, was ba...
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, P...
The most recent studies about catholic identity point towards 16th century as the origin of many tra...
Este trabalho analisa a acção missionária jesuíta na capitania do Espírito Santo entre 1549 e 1759no...
The Jesuits were expelled from many places of the world in the 18th century due to many different fa...
Orientador: John Manuel MonteiroTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de F...
The Coimbra Jesuit Course treaties were part of the baggage brought to Brazil by the Jesuit missiona...