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Jesuit on the roof of the world

Name: Jesuit on the roof of the world
Author: Trent Pomplun

Trent Pomplun

14 January 2010

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Book Synopsis

Jesuit priests often served as the avant-garde as European powers expanded in the early modern era. Jesuit on the Roof of the World is the first full-length study of Ippolito Desideri, a Jesuit explorer and missionary who traveled in Tibet from 1715 to 1721. Based on close readings of a wide range of primary sources in Tibetan, Italian, and Latin, Trent Pomplun's work follows the Jesuit's journey across Tibet's western deserts, his entry into the court of the Mongol chieftain Lhazang Khan, and his flight during the war that shook the Himalayan kingdom during his stay. Desideri's letters and later account of his travels relate the encounter between his Thomist philosophy and the scholasticism of Geluk monks; the personal conflict between his Roman Catholic beliefs and his appreciation of Tibetan religion and culture; and the political intrigues that led to the establishment of the Chinese protectorate in 1720. Desideri's writings also offer a unique glimpse of Europe's fascination with the land of snows.

About The Author

Trent Pomplun is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland. He is the editor of The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780195377866
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, (14 January 2010)
Number of Pages: 302
Weight: 567 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 236 x 160 x 27.9 mm
Categories:: History of religion Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church Buddhism