1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Contents
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: The Crossroads of the World; I. MISSIONARY STRUCTURES AND NETWORKS; 1. The Arrival of Catholic Missionaries 1511-1600; 2. Rome Takes Charge: A New Layer of Jurisdiction 1600-1690; 3. Assessments of Conversion Potential; II. MISSIONARY METHODS; 4. What Type of People Are You? Performing the Missionary Identity; 5. Tools of Evangelization: Catechisms and Catholic Literatures; III. CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY; 6. Essential Rites? Converts and the Sacraments of the Church; 7. Southeast Asian Catholic Devotions
8. Catholic Women: Nuns, Martyrs, Apostles, and Apostates9. Freeing the Souls of Slaves; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X
Summary
This text explores how Catholic missionaries, merchants, and adventurers brought their faith to the strategically and commercially crucial region of Southeast Asia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries