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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Ippolito Desideri; Ippolito Desideri |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Trent Pomplun |
| ISBN: | 9780195377866 0195377869 |
| OCLC Number: | 261177283 |
| Description: | xvi, 302 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Jesuit phantasia -- From Rome to Lhasa -- Tibetan religion in theological perspective -- The Zünghar invasion -- The fight with the friars -- Compositio loci: Tibet. |
| Responsibility: | Trent Pomplun. |
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With this book, we have front-row seats to see the first substantial encounter between Roman Catholicism and Vajrayana Buddhism ... excellent insights. Luke Clossey, Journal of the American Academy Religion Read more...
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- Desideri, Ippolito, -- 1684-1733.
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- Missions -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Jesuits -- Italy -- Biography.
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- Desideri, Ippolito.
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- Tibet.
