The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism

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The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism is written by Leonardo Cohen and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004538569 (ISBN 10) and 9789004538566 (ISBN 13).

This book presents an early modern Jesuit attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian strains of asceticism. The Jesuits’ descriptions of both the yogis and the Ethiopian renunciates were marked by ambivalence. While critical of these ascetics, the missionaries also pointed out admirable facets of their comportment. In both the Society of Jesus’ positive and negative impressions, there are glaring ethnocentric views that shift the spotlight onto the other’s flaws. Like many historical cases, these perceptions evolved into a sort of inverted mirror image of the self that revealed differences between the European Catholic and the native renunciate.