Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies

Collana | Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
Monografia | A Failing Mission?
Capitolo | Introduction

Introduction

Abstract

This chapter introduces two key concepts discussed in this monograph, failure and salvation, and the connection that is attributed to them by sixteenth-century Jesuit missionaries, especially in the Asian missions. It then delineates the scope of the research, its primary sources, and the structure of the monograph.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 21 Giugno 2023 | Accettato: 25 Settembre 2023 | Pubblicato 31 Gennaio 2024 | Lingua: it


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