Jesuit on the Roof of the World

Jesuit on the Roof of the World
Author: Trent Pomplun
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0195377869

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- And highly controversial - appeal of Hermetic philosophy in the Asian missions; the political underbelly of the Chinese Rites Controversy; and the persistent European fascination with the land of snows."--Résumé de l'éditeur.


Jesuit on the Roof of the World
Language: en
Pages: 321
Authors: Trent Pomplun
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

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- And highly controversial - appeal of Hermetic philosophy in the Asian missions; the political underbelly of the Chinese Rites Controversy; and the persistent
Mission to Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 834
Authors: Ippolito Desideri
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-01 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Mission to Tibet recounts the fascinating eighteenth-century journey of the Jesuit priest ippolito Desideri (1684 - 1733) to the Tibetan plateau. The italian mi
Dispelling the Darkness
Language: en
Pages: 313
Authors: Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-10 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Introduction to Inquiry concerning the doctrines of previous lives and emptiness -- Selections from Inquiry concerning the doctrines of previous lives and empti
The Jesuits
Language: en
Pages: 872
Authors: Markus Friedrich
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-03 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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"Since its founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus ("The Jesuits") has been intimately involved in the unfolding of the modern world. The y
The Oxford Handbook of the Jesuits
Language: en
Pages: 864
Authors: Ines G. Zupanov
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-15 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Through its missionary, pedagogical, and scientific accomplishments, the Society of Jesus-known as the Jesuits-became one of the first institutions with a truly