The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism / / Leonardo Cohen.
The book presents an early modern Jesuit attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian strains of asceticism. The Jesuits’ descriptions of both the yogis and the Ethiopian renunciates were marked by ambivalence. While critical of these ascetics, the missionaries also pointed out admirable facets of their com...
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Superior document: | Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024. ©2024 |
Year of Publication: | 2024 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
Jesuit Studies ; 41. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (278 pages) :; illustrations. |
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