Interactions Between Rivals : : The Christian Mission and Buddhist Sects in Japan (c.1549c.1647) / / Alexandra Curvelo, Angelo Cattaneo.

• VerfasserIn: Curvelo, Alexandra,; Cattaneo, Angelo,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cattaneo, Angelo,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : Peter Lang Publishing,, 2022.; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (516 pages)
• Other title: Interactions Between Rivals
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alexandra Curvelo, Angelo Cattaneo.

This volume presents comprehensive research on how southern European Catholics and the Japanese confronted each other, interacted and mutually experienced religious otherness in early modern times. In their highly variable and asymmetric relations, during which the politi¬cal-military elites of Japan at times not only favoured, but also opposed and strictly controlled the European presence, missionaries - particularly the Jesuits - tried to negotiate this power balance with their interlocutors. This collection of essays analyses religious and cultural interactions between the Christian missions and the Buddhist sects through processes of coopera¬tion, acceptance, confrontation and rejection, dialogue and imposition, which led to the creation of new relational spaces and identities.