Introduction Part 1: The Men and the Missions 1. The Men 2. The Missions 3. The Tricky Concepts of Hispanicization in Peru and Accommodation in China Part 2: The Missions and their Texts Introduction 4. The Craftsmanship of Jesuit Catechisms in Peru and China 5. Christian Truths in the Andean and Chinese Settings Conclusion
Ana Carolina Hosne is a Marie Curie Fellow of the Gerda Henkel Foundation at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
The global perspective of this work can be measured in the array of
sources, in Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin, apart
from the historiographical literature in French and English a
linguistic achievement that deserves to be praised… As for the
methodological and historical framework, A. Hosne’s book is a
precious contribution to a connected history of the Catholic
missions. She eloquently proves the enormous potential of this path
that undoubtedly deserves to be pursued in future works. Wu Huiyi,
Annales. The author’s spirit of synthesis, which never gives in to
the temptation of unnecessary displays of a clear erudition, needs
to be celebrated. Thus, this book, in its effort to put in
perspective the two locations under consideration, is grounded on a
deep and thorough knowledge of the Andean context and the Chinese
context, of Acosta’s works and Ricci’s works, and the situation of
the missions when the two missionaries’ respective catechisms were
published. It also proposes multiple references – always accurate
and pertinent – to the secondary literature, even the most recent.
The book’s numerous, and usually short, sections, allow readers to
quickly find the information of their interest.Matthiew Bernhardt,
Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu. Newcomers to the subject will
appreciate the care with which Hosne introduces her material. In
the first three chapters, we find brief biographies of Ricci and
Acosta, and introductions to the history of the Society’s
missionary work in China and Peru. Hosne draws an important
contrast between the strategy of “Hispanization” that characterized
the Peru mission, where Spanish rule sought to “civilize” the
indigenous inhabitants of the Andes as well as make Christians of
them, and the strategy of “accommodation” characteristic of the
mission in China, where the Jesuits tried to adapt Christian
teaching for a people whose culture they had no hope of
changing.Ricardo Padrón, Journal of Jesuit Studies.
The global perspective of this work can be measured in the array of
sources, in Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin, apart
from the historiographical literature in French and English a
linguistic achievement that deserves to be praised… As for the
methodological and historical framework, A. Hosne’s book is a
precious contribution to a connected history of the Catholic
missions. She eloquently proves the enormous potential of this path
that undoubtedly deserves to be pursued in future works. Wu Huiyi,
Annales. The author’s spirit of synthesis, which never gives in to
the temptation of unnecessary displays of a clear erudition, needs
to be celebrated. Thus, this book, in its effort to put in
perspective the two locations under consideration, is grounded on a
deep and thorough knowledge of the Andean context and the Chinese
context, of Acosta’s works and Ricci’s works, and the situation of
the missions when the two missionaries’ respective catechisms were
published. It also proposes multiple references – always accurate
and pertinent – to the secondary literature, even the most recent.
The book’s numerous, and usually short, sections, allow readers to
quickly find the information of their interest.Matthiew Bernhardt,
Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu. Newcomers to the subject will
appreciate the care with which Hosne introduces her material. In
the first three chapters, we find brief biographies of Ricci and
Acosta, and introductions to the history of the Society’s
missionary work in China and Peru. Hosne draws an important
contrast between the strategy of “Hispanization” that characterized
the Peru mission, where Spanish rule sought to “civilize” the
indigenous inhabitants of the Andes as well as make Christians of
them, and the strategy of “accommodation” characteristic of the
mission in China, where the Jesuits tried to adapt Christian
teaching for a people whose culture they had no hope of
changing.Ricardo Padrón, Journal of Jesuit Studies.
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