Echoes Of Thomas Aquinas In Alessandro Valignano’s Japanese Catechism: Reason, Faith, and The Art Of Contextualization
Visiting Scholar Talks
Jan 13, 2025 | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Common Room (#136), 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA,
Speaker
Son Eunsil | Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Seoul National University; BC Ricci Institute–HYI Joint Visiting Researcher, 2024-25
Chair
M. Antoni J. Ucerler, S.J. | Associate Professor, History, Boston College; Director, Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History
Discussant
Nicolas Standaert | S.J., Professor of Sinology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Co-sponsored by the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History
This is a hybrid event. You are welcome to attend in person, or you can register to attend via Zoom.
This presentation explores the influence of Thomas Aquinas on Jesuit missionary catechisms, with a particular focus on Catechismus Christianae Fidei (1586), commonly known as the Japanese Catechism, by Alessandro Valignano 范禮安, S.J. an Italian Jesuit missionary to Japan in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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