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Relaying the Epistemic Foundations of a Transcultural Natural Theology: Proving the Existence of God in Valignano's Catechismus christianae fidei and Ruggieri's Tianzhu shilu.

When European missionaries first entered Asia and the New World, they largely transposed to their new contexts European catechisms that assumed the intellectual passivity of the catechumen. The Jesuits, however, soon realized that such textual models would not be appropriate in East Asia which boast...

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Published in:Renaissance & Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 29 - 59
Main Author: CANARIS, DANIEL
Format: Article
Published: Iter Canada 2021
Subjects:
Natural theology
Epistemic logic
Catechisms
Jesuits
Ruggieri, Michele
Religion & science
Metaphysics
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