The Jesuit Ethic and Spirit of Global Expansion, 1520–1767
by
J. Michelle Molina
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
To Overcome Oneself offers a novel retelling of the emergence of the Western concept of "modern self," demonstrating how the struggle to forge a self was enmeshed in early modern Catholic missionary expansion. Examining the practices of Catholics in Europe and New Spain from the 1520s through...