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Missionaries and Commanders: The Jesuits in Mindanao, 1718-68
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- Crailsheim, Eberhard
In the Philippines, at the fringes of the Spanish empire, the Society of Jesus took on a difficult task, the mission and pastoral work on the Island of Mindanao, which was ruled mostly by Muslim polities. In the frontier zone between Spanish and Islamic spheres of influence, Jesuit missionaries, in symbiosis with Spanish and native Christian troops, tried to expand their zone of influence and force Islam back. Thereby, the priests participated actively in defensive and offensive military tasks. This article gives an overview of the Jesuits’ presence in the south of the Philippines and then, by studying printed Jesuit sources, analyzes the image cultivation of the local members of the order. Putting the topic in the context of the anti-Jesuit discussion in Europe, the article reasons that the communication strategy of the Jesuits in the middle of the eighteenth century was particularly aimed at highlighting the usefulness of the missionaries to the colony and the empire in general., This article was written in the course of the Spanish projects “Dealing with the Infidel: Hispanic Diplomacy with Muslim Powers (1492–1708)” (PGC2018-099152-B-I00) and “Jesuitas y recoletos en Filipinas” (CSIC 202110I024, no. 225595), Peer reviewed
DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/273146
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
oai:digital.csic.es:10261/273146
HANDLE: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/273146
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
oai:digital.csic.es:10261/273146
Ver en: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/273146
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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