Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Apostle of the Guaraní
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13063259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Ganson (0000-0002-4908-9283, Florida Atlantic University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-210 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Jesuit Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2214-1324 • E-ISSN: 2214-1332 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22141332-00302002 |
| OpenAlex | W2333533280 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This essay highlights the accomplishments of one of the foremost Jesuit missionaries in seventeenth-century Paraguay, Antonio Ruiz de Montoya. Born in Lima, Montoya distinguished himself as a chronicler of the first encounters between the Jesuits and the Guaraní Indians of South America. He defended Indian rights by speaking out against Indian slavery. Montoya spent approximately twenty-five years among the Guaraní indigenous peoples who influenced his worldview and sense of spirituality, which are reflected in his 1636 first account of the Jesuit reducciones in Paraguay, Conquista espiritual hecha por los religiosos de la Compañía de Jesús en las provincias del Paraguay, Paraná, Uruguay, y Tap é
Apostle · Ethnology · History of religions · Humanities · Indigenous · Spirituality · Theology · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religious and Theological Studies · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2019 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |