José de Acosta's De procuranda Indorum salute: A Call for Evangelical Reforms in Colonial Peru contextualizes and analyzes the deployment of Catholic missionary forces in the Andes. Its exhaustive approach to the ecclesiastic and political reforms of late-sixteenth-century Peru exposes the philosophical and legal underpinnings of Spain's colonial policies. As this book analyzes José de Acosta's De procuranda Indorum salute, one of the most important treatises of the colonial period, it explores influences and intentions and reveals context and subtext. Comprehensive in its appraisal of Acosta's intellectual achievement, this book is essential for scholars and students of this early period of Christian and European expansion in the Americas. Not only does Gregory J. Shepherd examine Acosta's missionary manual against the controversial backdrop of Las Casas and Sepúlveda, but he also reconstructs the political atmosphere surrounding Toledo's massive and intrusive transformation of Andean life. Most importantly, this text carries out a thorough study of the ideologies - Christian, Jesuit, and European - underlying Acosta's appeal for political, social, and ecclesiastic reform.
| ISBN: | 9781433126574 |
| Publication date: | 15th September 2014 |
| Author: | Gregory J Shepherd |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 110 pages |
| Series: | Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
| Genres: |
History of other geographical groupings and regions Religious mission and Religious Conversion Christianity Literary studies: general Regional / International studies History of the Americas Society and culture: general |
José de Acosta's De procuranda Indorum salute: A Call for Evangelical Reforms in Colonial Peru contextualizes and analyzes the deployment of Catholic missionary forces in the Andes. Its exhaustive approach to the ecclesiastic and political reforms of late-sixteenth-century Peru exposes the philosophical and legal underpinnings of Spain's colonial policies. As this book analyzes José de Acosta's De procuranda Indorum salute, one of the most important treatises of the colonial period, it explores influences and intentions and reveals context and subtext. Comprehensive in its appraisal of Acosta's intellectual achievement, this book is essential for scholars and students of this early period of Christian and European expansion in the Americas. Not only does Gregory J. Shepherd examine Acosta's missionary manual against the controversial backdrop of Las Casas and Sepúlveda, but he also reconstructs the political atmosphere surrounding Toledo's massive and intrusive transformation of Andean life. Most importantly, this text carries out a thorough study of the ideologies - Christian, Jesuit, and European - underlying Acosta's appeal for political, social, and ecclesiastic reform.
José De Acosta's De Procuranda Indorum Salute features in the following genres: History of other geographical groupings and regions, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, Christianity, Literary studies: general, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, Society and culture: general
José De Acosta's De Procuranda Indorum Salute is available in Hardback
José De Acosta's De Procuranda Indorum Salute was written by Gregory J Shepherd and published by Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
José De Acosta's De Procuranda Indorum Salute has 110 pages
Yes it is part of Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures series