Envoys of a Human God: The Jesuit Mission to Christian Ethiopia, 1557-1632 (Jesuit Studies, 2) - Hardcover

Martínez D'Alòs-Moner, Andreu

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004289143 ISBN 13: 9789004289147

Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2015

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"This is the first comprehensive English-language account of the best-documented case of early modern missionarism in sub-Saharan Africa: the Jesuit mission to Ethiopia. Whereas in recent decades the topic has received the attention of many scholars, none of the extant accounts [...] can be compared in terms of comprehensiveness and depth of analysis to Martínez's. [...] The volume is bound to become required reading for specialists of the Horn, of Africa's missionary history, and of the Society of Jesus. Furthermore, because of the original framing of the mission in the larger world of the society's endeavors in Asia and the rise and demise of the Estado da India, the volume will attract considerable interest among Indian Ocean specialists. Lastly, the volume's encyclopedic character, the generous bibliography, its noteworthy appendixes dedicated to the genealogy of the Ethiopian royal house, and the demographics of the Jesuits in Ethiopia and their intellectual production are likely to make it an appealing reference work for scholars in other fields."
Matteo Salvadore, Gulf University for Science and Technology. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 69, No. 2 (Summer 2016), pp. 749-750.

"The phenomenon [of the Jesuit mission to Ethiopia] has attracted a great many studies, but none have been so meticulously researched as Envoys of a Human God by Andreu Martínez d' Alòs-Moner. For the first time we have a thorough reconstruction not only of the historical, political, and religious background of the mission, but of every detail of the daily lives of the missionaries, their policy, and the various attempts to transform the local culture undertaken by the indefatigable members of the Society of Jesus. [...] Envoys of a Human God is a fascinating study accompanied by excellent maps and a useful index. The second volume of Brill's new series of Jesuit Studies, nowhere does it fall short of the high standard set by the first."
Alastair Hamilton, The Warburg Institute, London. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 95, No. 4 (2015), pp. 534-537.

"Andreu Martínez d'Alòs-Moner has written a superb and comprehensive study of the origin, rise and fall of the Jesuit mission in Ethiopia. This great achievement will be the standard work on this venture for many years to come. Thoroughly researched and well structured, the book presents the vast material in a consistently interesting narrative, which is complemented by five appendices, an extensive bibliography and a detailed index."
Jan Loop, The University of Kent. In: The Heythrop Journal, Vol. 58, No. 3 (May 2017), pp. 459-461.

"Martínez d'Alòs-Moner's excellent book provides fertile soil for future research in the Society of Jesus missionary studies, representing as it does an attempt to move the discipline forward and attest to the new vitality of multidisciplinary research in the field. [...] The result is a new interpretation that will help to redefine Jesuit missionary studies by guiding the research toward issues of connections and collaboration in diverse geo-cultural areas. Martínez d'Alòs-Moner's sophisticated reading shows a rich insight into the Ethiopian responses to European colonialism and the Jesuit global mission."
Raúl Marrero-Fente, University of Minnesota. In: Itinerario, Vol. 40, No. 3 (2016), pp. 549-586.

"Envoys of a Human God is a welcome addition to the literature on Ethiopia and the Society of Jesus. Martínez d'Alòs-Moner takes stock of the most important works on this topic and skillfully assays the events leading up to the expulsion and its immediate aftermath. Fittingly, the last chapter, "Exile and Memory," raises new questions and lines of research that have been prompted by this compelling monograph."
Leonardo Cohen, University of Haifa. In: Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu, Vol. 86, No. 171 (2017), pp. 228-230.

"a valuable contribution to Ethiopian studies."
Bairu Tafla, University of Hamburg. In: Aethiopica, Vol. 19 (2016), pp. 286-288.

Reseña del editor:

In Envoys of A Human God Andreu Martínez offers an insightful study of the Jesuit mission to Christian Ethiopia. The work combines different approaches –cultural-historical, political and sociological– and draws from a multiplicity of sources, from archival research to archaeology.

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• Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 9004289143
• ISBN 13: 9789004289147
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 419