“What is California? Nothing but Innumerable Stones”: German Jesuits, Salvation, and Landscape Building in the California Missions
This article examines the records of the last generation of German Jesuit missionaries in California (present-day Baja California). Removed from the colonial Spanish territory in 1768 by edict of the Spanish king, the missionaries formed a narrative of their efforts in California that they then brou...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-55 |
RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KCA Monasticism; religious orders RJ Mission; missiology |
Further subjects: | B
Jesuit missionaries
Jacob Baegert
Baja California
Germany
Spanish missions
eighteenth century
physical environment
climate
landscape building
evangelization
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