A Vietnamese Moses : Philiphê Bỉnh and the geographies of early modern Catholicism / George E. Dutton.

"A Vietnamese Moses is the story of Philiphê Binh, a Vietnamese Catholic priest who in 1796 traveled from Tonkin to the Portuguese court in Lisbon to persuade its ruler to appoint a bishop for his community of ex-Jesuits. Based on Binh's surviving writings from his thirty-seven-year exile...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dutton, George Edson (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Bỉnh, Philiphê, > 1759-1833. Bỉnh, Philiphê, > 1759-1833 Binh, Philiphê > 1759-1833 Catholic Church > Vietnam > History > 18th century. Catholic Church > Vietnam > History > 19th century. Catholic Church > History > 18th century. Catholic Church > History > 19th century. Catholic Church 1700-1899 Catholics > Vietnam > Biography. HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia. Catholics Katholik Katholizismus Priester Vietnam > Church history > 18th century. Vietnam > Church history > 19th century. Vietnam Biographies Church history History Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

Introducing Philiphê Bỉnh and the Catholic geographies of Tonkin
A Catholic community in crisis
Journeys : Macao, Goa, and Lisbon
Arrival in Lisbon and first encounters
Invoking the Padroado : Bỉnh and Prince Dom João
Waiting for Bỉnh in Tonkin and Macao
Life in Lisbon and the Casa do Espirito Santo, 1807-1833
The tales of Philiphê Bỉnh.

A Vietnamese Moses : Philiphê Bỉnh and the geographies of early modern Catholicism / George E. Dutton.

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