Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses

St. Thecla Father Adriano di, Olga Dror, Mariya Berezovska

Description

This 1750 text, written by a Catholic missionary in Tonkin, is the earliest known systematic first-hand account of Vietnamese religious practice, including chapters on Confucianism, Buddhism, the worship of spirits, magicians, fortune tellers and diviners, and Christianity in the region. It was recently discovered in a Paris archive and will be of interest to a broad array of scholars. Includes a facsimile of the original manuscript.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• East Asian religions
• Buddhism
• History of Asia
• History of religions
• Confucianism

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 31 mai 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501719073
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 41 Mo

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