សាកលវិទ្យាល័យ ប៊ែលធី អន្តរជាតិ

World Wide E-Library

Book Cover

Read PDF
Article By JSTOR

Gathering Souls: Jesuit Missions and Missionaries in Oceania (1668–1945)

Author

Alexandre Coello de la Rosa

Year

2019

Publisher

Brill

Type

BOOK

Category

Religion

Language

English

Pages

121

ISBN

978-9-00439-487-2

Link

Last Update

09-Sep-2024

Keywords

RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions;RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism

Description

This essay deals with the missionary work of the Society of Jesus in today’s Micronesia from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Although the Jesuit missionaries wanted to reach Japan and other Pacific islands, such as the Palau and Caroline archipelagos, the crown encouraged them to stay in the Marianas until 1769 (when the Society of Jesus was expelled from the Philippines) to evangelize the native Chamorros as well as to reinforce the Spanish presence on the fringes of the Pacific empire. In 1859, a group of Jesuit missionaries returned to the Philippines, but they never officially set foot on the Marianas during the nineteenth century. It was not until the twentieth century that they went back to Micronesia, taking charge of the mission on the Northern Marianas along with the Caroline and Marshall Islands, thus returning to one of the cradles of Jesuit martyrdom in Oceania.

Related

See More
Image Description

Luxembourg Court Cultures in the Long Fourteenth Century, Performing Empire; Celebrating Kingship
Image Description

Cultural Encounters on China’s Ethnic Frontiers

Cultural Encounters on China’s Ethnic Frontiers
Image Description

Die Zeit um den Ersten Weltkrieg als Krisenzeit der Ökonomen.

Die Zeit um den Ersten Weltkrieg als Krisenzeit der Ökonomen.
Image Description

Eric Rohmer's Film Theory

Eric Rohmer's Film Theory
Image Description

Democratisation in the Maghreb

Democratisation in the Maghreb
Image Description

Estudios de folklore y literatura dedicados a Mercedes Díaz Roig

Estudios de folklore y literatura dedicados a Mercedes Díaz Roig