“Western Gods Meet in the East”: Shapes and Contexts of the Muslim-Jesuit Dialogue in Early Modern China

Abstract This essay is concerned with the possibilities and limitations of the Jesuit-Islamic dialogue in China in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It presents and discusses evidence for the interest of Chinese Muslims and Jesuits in each other almost from the outset, immediately after Matte...

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Main Author: Benite, Zvi Ben-Dor (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2012
In: Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
Year: 2012, Volume: 55, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 517-546
Further subjects:B Heaven
B Buddhism
B Islam
B Ricci
B China
B Confucianism
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