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The Jesuit Mission to New France

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A new interpretation of the Jesuit mission to New France is here proposed by using, for comparison and contrast, the earlier Jesuit experience in Japan. In order to present revisionist perspectives...
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  • 17 December 2010
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A new interpretation of the Jesuit mission to New France is here proposed by using, for comparison and contrast, the earlier Jesuit experience in Japan. In order to present revisionist perspectives of the Jesuit missions based on a broader international framework beyond North America, the existing historical paradigms of the Jesuit missionary activity to Amerindians based on the limited regional history of New France are re-examined. The time period of analysis covers one entire century, from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century. The Jesuit evangelists used in this analysis include European, mainly Iberian and French, missionaries. The non-European converts dealt with in this discussion are Japanese and Amerindian peoples. The aspects considered for revisions encompass the interpretations of foreign cultures, the basic evangelistic approach of preaching, winning converts and educating them, organising Christian communities and the non-European practice of the religion. The Christian mission in Japan has proved to be a useful tool for these purposes.
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Price: $181.00
Pages: 240
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date: 17 December 2010
ISBN: 9789004192850
Format: Hardcover
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‘’This book was a delight to read and will be of great value to mission historians interested in the Jesuit Missions in Japan in the sixteenth century and the Amerindian Missions in Canada in the seventeenth century. In: fact, because of the methodology used and the issues raised it will be of interest to every mission historian of whatever period’’.
Larry Nemer, Dorish Maru College. In: Missiology: An international review, 40, 2, April 2012, p. 211.
Takao Abé, PhD (University of Leeds, UK), Master of Arts (University of Manitoba, Canada), and Master of Letters (Keio University, Japan) is Professor and Head of the Department of English at 'Yamagata-Prefectural College at Yonezawa', Japan.