Essays about: "Doutrina Christam em Lingoa Bramana Canarim"

Found 1 essay containing the words Doutrina Christam em Lingoa Bramana Canarim.

  1. 1. Mukti in Kristapurana. How Thomas Stephens S.J. (1549-1619) conveys a Christian message of salvation in words with Hindu connotations

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Pär Eliasson; [2015-10-13]
    Keywords : Kristapurana; Father Thomas Stephens; Doutrina Christam em Lingoa Bramana Canarim; mission; inculturation; accomodatio; Christianity in India; Marathi; Konkani; Goa; salvation; mokṣa; mukti;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the English Jesuit Father Thomas Stephens used a language full of Hindu connotations for conveying a Christian message in his Marathi epic Kristapurāṇa, written in Goa in the early years of the 17th century. Specifically it seeks to analyse (1) which words Stephens used for speaking about salvation, (2) which ideas about salvation he thereby conveyed, and (3) how he dealt with connotations of such words that are difficult to accommodate in a Christian worldview. READ MORE