The Jesuit missions of Paraguay and a cultural history of Utopia (1568-1789) / / by Girolamo Imbruglia ; translated by Mark Weyr.
The Jesuit Missions of Paraguay and a Cultural History of Utopia (1568–1789) explores the religious foundations of the Jesuit missions in Paraguay, and the discussion of the missionary experience in the public opinion of early modern Europe, from Montaigne to Diderot. This book presents a wealth of...
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Superior document: | Studies in Christian Mission ; Volume 51 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017. ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in Christian mission ;
Volume 51. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (323 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright Page
- Introduction
- Europeans and Religious Orders in America
- The Society of Jesus: Missionaries and Missions
- The Missions and Public Opinion in the Crisis of European Conscience: Utopias and Republicanism
- Montesquieu, Republican Utopia and Civilisation
- The Age of the Encyclopédie and Rousseau: New Paths and New Needs to Rethink Utopianism
- 1750s–1770s: Political and Social Conflicts
- Utopias and Human Sciences: Diderot’s Analysis of Society
- Beyond the Lumières
- Back Matter
- Bibliography
- Index.