A Vietnamese Moses : Philiphe Binh and the Geographies of Early Modern Catholicism /

A Vietnamese Moses : Philiphe Binh and the Geographies of Early Modern Catholicism /

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"A Vietnamese Moses is the story of Philiphê Binh, a Vietnamese Catholic priest who in 1796 traveled from Tonkin to the Portuguese court in Lisbon to persuade its ruler to appoint a bishop for his community of ex-Jesuits. Based on Binh's surviving writings from his thirty-seven-year exile...

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Main Author: Dutton, George Edson (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Binh, Philiphê > 1759-1833
Bỉnh, Philiphê, > 1759-1833.
Priester
Katholizismus
Katholik
Catholics.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Catholiques > Viêt-nam > Biographies.
Catholics > Vietnam > Biography.
Catholic Church.
Église catholique > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Église catholique > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Catholic Church > Vietnam > History > 19th century.
Catholic Church > Vietnam > History > 18th century.
Vietnam.
Vietnam > Church history > 19th century.
Vietnam > Church history > 18th century.
Biographies.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introducing Philiphê Bỉnh and the Catholic geographies of Tonkin
  • A Catholic community in crisis
  • Journeys : Macao, Goa, and Lisbon
  • Arrival in Lisbon and first encounters
  • Invoking the Padroado : Bỉnh and Prince Dom João
  • Waiting for Bỉnh in Tonkin and Macao
  • Life in Lisbon and the Casa do Espirito Santo, 1807-1833
  • The tales of Philiphê Bỉnh.

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