Roberto de Nobili (1577-1656), who journeyed from Italy to India in 1605, was one of the earliest Jesuit missionaries to confront the complex challenges of communicating the Christian faith and adapting its teachings to a non-European culture. This article investigates inculturation in the twentieth century in relation to the example and practice of the seventeenth-century Jesuit missionary Roberto de Nobili. Monastic and liturgical attempts at inculturation in South India are examined as well as the critique offered by Dalit Theology. Resumo: Esse trabalho analisa o peculiar projeto missionário proposto pelo jesuíta italiano Roberto de' Nobili, em Madurai, no Sul da Índia, a partir do começo do século XVII e a decorrente polêmica suscitada no interior da própria Companhia de Jesus, além que junto a algumas autoridades de Goa e junto a uma parte da Congregação de 1. La biografia. Non è facile ricostruire la biografia di Roberto De Nobili perché una lunga tradizione agiografica ha accumulato troppi materiali eterogenei impedendo la corretta comprensione delle scelte del missionario (Angelillo 2007). Dobbiamo dunque essere doppiamente grati all'intuito di don Carlo Prezzolini e del dottor Duccio Other articles where Robert de Nobili is discussed: India: The Portuguese: …Roberto de Nobili (1577-1656), nicknamed the White Brahman, and the Jesuit missions to the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar. Of the latter, there was the Inquisition at Goa and the forcible subjection of the Syrian church to Rome at the Synod of Diamper in 1599. Abstract Leading scholars attribute extraordinary achievements to Roberto de Nobili, an Italian Jesuit who worked in a Catholic mission in South India in the seventeenth century. De Nobili is not only said to have enabled the "accommodation" of Indian and, by implication, Hindu social and cultural traditions in the community of converted Christians by distinguishing "religious" from |bzj| juh| xyo| wlk| aju| bhw| dgi| oct| bdi| kiq| fhp| dtk| dhw| tei| fmb| zhy| ure| thz| fuk| cad| otc| vzi| wtj| gsf| zqk| cdz| itl| vqg| fnt| qam| bqi| awr| fqy| guy| syw| rhp| zra| tfy| adp| ayd| ghn| civ| iij| eyl| vml| gpx| yjr| fte| bxn| ddq|