The Visitor
Andre Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Missions & Missionary Work, Reference, History, Denominations, Catholic, Catholicism
| Author: | Liam Matthew Brockey | ISBN: | 9780674744752 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | September 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Belknap Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Liam Matthew Brockey |
| ISBN: | 9780674744752 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | September 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Belknap Press |
| Language: | English |
In an age when few ventured beyond their birthplace, André Palmeiro left Portugal to inspect Jesuit missions from Mozambique to Japan. A global history in the guise of biography, The Visitor tells the story of a theologian whose travels bore witness to the fruitful contact—and violent collision—of East and West in the early modern era.
In an age when few ventured beyond their birthplace, André Palmeiro left Portugal to inspect Jesuit missions from Mozambique to Japan. A global history in the guise of biography, The Visitor tells the story of a theologian whose travels bore witness to the fruitful contact—and violent collision—of East and West in the early modern era.
