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Book Reviews / Mission Studies 25 (2008) 273–314 277 Why Have You Come Here? Th e Jesuits and the First Evangelization of Native America . By Nicholas P. Cushner. Oxford, England, Oxford University Press 2006. Pp. x + 255. $29.95. Th e author of several books on Jesuit missions in the New World, Cushner here takes a broader look at the subject, comparing and contrasting Jesuit missions across North and South America, and contextualizing the success and failure of these enterprises in terms of missionary training, compatibility of the Christian worldview with that of local religions, relations with colonial governments, and other criteria. Th e result is a compact and infor- mative book that lends an appreciation to the diversity of the missionary-native dialogue in the New World. First and foremost, however, this is a book about Jesuits, looking at them as agents of change and asking why they did what they did. Cushner begins by examining the culture from which the Jesuits came to America, noting that they were imbued with the theology of the Council of Trent, which held, in opposition to Martin Luther’s pessimistic view of human nature, that “humans could attain virtue and good
Mission Studies – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2008
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