Full-text resources of CEJSH and other databases are now available in the new Library of Science.
Visit https://bibliotekanauki.pl

PL EN


2019 | 24 | 59-74

Article title

Roberto de Nobili SJ i misja w Maduraju w latach 1606-1656

Authors

Content

Title variants

EN
ROBERTO DE NOBILI SJ AND THE MISSION IN MADURAI FROM 1606 TO 1656

Languages of publication

PL

Abstracts

EN
The Mission in Madurai 1606-1656 was a unique episode in the history of Christianity in India. During these times changing religion to Christianity meant abandoning one’s culture. Roberto de Nobili, an Italian Jesuit and founder of the mission was the fi rst European to learn Sanskrit, study the scriptures of the Vedas and convert Brahmins. He allowed them to keep their social customs, which was seen as controversial by the church hierarchy. He followed these social rules himself, living the life of an Indian ascetic and thus gaining respect among higher castes. His way of separating Hinduism from Indian culture was, and still is, contentious but it was done for practical purposes. The controversies forced him to defend his arguments on many occasions. In his writings he described Indian traditions and explained his method of missionary work. There were not many followers of de Nobili’s method, who would be able to understand the need of accommodation, undertake studies of Hinduism and be prepared to embrace an ascetic lifestyle. It was not until the 20th century that interreligious dialogue emerged as a concept and some Catholic clergymen found inspiration in Hindu spirituality. The goal of this thesis is to show just how pioneering was the accommodation method used by de Nobili and how his infl uence can still be felt on attempts at interreligious dialogue in the modern era.

Year

Volume

24

Pages

59-74

Physical description

Dates

published
2019-12-31

Contributors

author

References

  • Anchukandam, Thomas. Roberto de Nobili’s Responsio, 1610. A Vindication of Inculturation and Adaptation. Bangalore: Kristu Jyuti Publications, 1996.
  • Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI): Balthasar da Costa. Relatione del successo nella missione de Madurè dalli Luglio 1643 infi no a 29 d’ottobre 1644, Trigerapali, Goa 53, ff. 127-42; ff. 143-61.
  • Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI): Nobility, Roberto de do Aquavivy. 1 grudnia 1607, Goa 51, ff. 3-6.
  • Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI): Nobili, Roberto de do Laerzio. 20 lutego 1609, Goa 54°, ff. 1-16; ff. 17-75.
  • Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI): Nobili, Roberto de do Antonio Vico. Maduraj, 12 czerwca 1610, Goa 54a, ff 76-92.
  • Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI): Nobili, Roberto de do Fabio de Fabiis. 8 listopada 1609, Goa 51, ff.13-14,
  • Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI): Vico, Antonio. De modo quo nostra missio Madurensis utitur ad ethnicos Christo convertendos, Goa 51, ff. 88-109.
  • Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI): Laerzio do Aquavivy, 20 listopada 1609, Goa 54, ff. 2-16, 17-75
  • Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI): Nobili, Roberto de do Aquavivy, Maduraj, 1grudnia, 1607, Goa 51, ff.3-6
  • Besse, Leon. La Mission Du Maduré: Historique De Ses Paangous. Trichinopoly: Mission Catho-lique, 1914.
  • Brockington, John, Hinduism and Christianity. London: The Macmillan Press, 1992.
  • Butryn, Roksana. „Bramini w liście Świętego Franciszka Ksawerego Sociis Romae degentibus, Co-cino 15 Ianuarii 1544.” Studia Indologiczne t. VIII (2001): ss. 5-24.
  • Cornille, Catherine. The Guru in Indian Catholicism: Ambiguity or Opportunity of Inculturation? Louvain: Peeters Press, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1991.
  • Cronin, Vincent. A Pearl to India: The Life of Roberto de Nobili. Londyn: Rupert Hart-Davis Dut-ton, 1959.
  • Dupuis, Jacques. Chrześcijaństwo i religie. Od konfrontacji do dialogu. Kraków: Wydawnictwo WAM, 2003.
  • Frauwallner, Erich. Historia filozofi i indyjskiej. Warszawa: PWN, 1990.
  • Jeyaseela, Stephen S. Caste, Catholic Christianity, and the Language of Conversion: Social Change and Cultural Translation in Tamil Country, 1519-1774. Delhi: Kalpaz Publications, 2008.
  • Kieniewicz, Jan. Historia Indii. Wrocław: Ossolineum, 1985.
  • Konstytucje Towarzystwa Jezusowego wraz z przypisami Kongregacji Generalnej XXXIV oraz Nor-my Uzupełniające zatwierdzone przez tę samą Kongregację. Kraków: Wydawnictwo WAM, 2001.
  • Krzesiński, Andrzej. Problem misji katolickich na Dalekim Wschodzie. Poznań: Księgarnia św. Wojciecha, 1939.
  • Kudelska, Marta, Karman i Dharma. Wizja świata w filozoficznej myśli Indii. Kraków: Wydawnictwo UJ, 2001.
  • Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. London: Penguin Books, 1990.
  • Neill, Stephen. History of Christianity in India. 1 vol. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984.
  • Nobili, Roberto de. Adaptation. Red. Savarimuthu Rajamianickam. Palayamkottai: De Nobili Re-search Institute, 1971.
  • P. R de Nobili, L’apôtre des Brahmes: Première Apologie (1610). Red. Pierre Dahmen. Paryż: Bibliothèque des Missions, Mémoires et documents, 1931.
  • Roberto de Nobili on Indian Customs (Narratio). Red. Savarimuthu Rajamianickam. Paloyamkottai: De Nobili Research Instiutute, 1972.
  • Sauliére, Augustin. His Star in the East. Anand, Gujarat: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 1995.
  • Szczęsna-Perzyńska Maria. O. Roberto de Nobili TJ, apostoł Indii. Warszawa: Ogólnopolski Ośrodek Papieskich Dzieł Misyjnych, 1985.

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_14746_amp_2019_24_4
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.