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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.
Teachers and Students: Reflections on Learning in Near and Middle Eastern Cultures. Collected Studies in Honour of Sebastian Günther contains essays on the developments, ideals, and practices of teaching and learning in the Islamicate world, past and present. The authors address topics that reflect – and thus honour – Sebastian Günther’s academic achievements in this particular area.
The volume offers fresh insights into key issues related to education and human development, including their shared characteristics as well as their influence on and interdependence with cultures of the Islamicate world, especially in the classical period of Islam (9th-15th century CE). The diverse spectrum of topics covered in the book, as well as the wide range of innovative interdisciplinary approaches and research tools employed, pay tribute to Sebastian Günther’s research focus on Islamic education and ethics, through which he has inspired many of his students, colleagues, and friends.
In: The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism
In: The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism
In: The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism
In: The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism
In: The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism
In: The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism