Conversos, Accommodation, and the Goan Inquisition: The First Five Decades of the Society of Jesus in India, between Theory and Practice

This article explores the complex connections that the Society of Jesus had with coliversos - as members themselves in the Society, as prospective entrants, and as subjects of the Portuguese Estado da India. It investigates these connections with specific reference to the situation in Goa and Cochin...

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Published in:Archivum historicum Societatis Iesu
Main Author: Blankemeyer, Bradley T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Institution of Catholic Studies 2022
In: Archivum historicum Societatis Iesu
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBM Asia
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
RJ Mission; missiology
SA Church law; state-church law
Further subjects:B Catholic Church History
B Missionaries
B Christian converts
B Inquisition
B Judaism
B Jesuits
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Summary:This article explores the complex connections that the Society of Jesus had with coliversos - as members themselves in the Society, as prospective entrants, and as subjects of the Portuguese Estado da India. It investigates these connections with specific reference to the situation in Goa and Cochin during the first five decades of the Society's presence in India, from the 1540s to the 1580s, and in relation to two important aspects of the missions in India: the Goan Inquisition and Jesuit 'accommodation'. By looking at the origins of Jesuit attitudes to the coliuerso question - both inside and outside the Society - and at Jesuit discussions of Jews who retained their religion in the diaspora as well as those Christian converts from Judaism in India, the article seeks to discern the wide range of opinions in the Society that provided the key elements and limits of missionary 'accommodation' and Jesuit distinctiveness. (English)
Contains:Enthalten in: Jesuiten, Archivum historicum Societatis Iesu