A Jewish Jesuit in the eastern Mediterranean: early modern conversion, mission, and the construction of identity
In A Jewish Jesuit in the Eastern Mediterranean, Robert Clines retraces the conversion and missionary career of Giovanni Battista Eliano, the only Jewish-born member of the Society of Jesus. He highlights the lived experience of conversion, and how converts dealt with others' skepticism of thei...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Eliano, Giovanni Battista 1530-1589
/ Judaism
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Jesuits
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| Further subjects: | B
Eliano, Giovanni Battista (1530-1589)
B Missionaries Biography (Middle East) B Missionaries ; Middle East ; Biography B Jesuits Biography B Christian converts from Judaism Biography B Christian converts from Judaism ; Biography B Eliano, Giovanni Battista ; 1530-1589 B Jesuits ; Biography |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781108485340 |
| Summary: | In A Jewish Jesuit in the Eastern Mediterranean, Robert Clines retraces the conversion and missionary career of Giovanni Battista Eliano, the only Jewish-born member of the Society of Jesus. He highlights the lived experience of conversion, and how converts dealt with others' skepticism of their motives. Clines uses primary sources, including Eliano's personal letters, missionary reports, and autobiography, together with scholarship on conversion in the early modern Mediterranean world to illustrate how false and sincere conversion often mirrored each other in outward performance. Devout converts were not readily taken at face value and needed to prove themselves in the moment and over the course of their lifetimes. Consequently, Eliano's story underscores that the mystical, introspective nature of religious belief and the formulation of new spiritual selves came into direct confrontation with the ways in which converts needed to present themselves to others in an age of political and religious turmoil. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2019) |
| ISBN: | 1108756417 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108756419 |