Interactions Between Rivals: The Christian Mission and Buddhist Sects in Japan (c.1549-c.1647)
English
By (author): Alexandra Curvelo Angelo Cattaneo
In their highly variable and asymmetric relations, during which the politi¬cal-military elites of Japan at times not only favoured, but also opposed and strictly controlled the European presence, missionaries particularly the Jesuits tried to negotiate this power balance with their interlocutors.
This collection of essays analyses religious and cultural interactions between the Christian missions and the Buddhist sects through processes of coopera¬tion, acceptance, confrontation and rejection, dialogue and imposition, which led to the creation of new relational spaces and identities.
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