Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses
Download or Read eBook Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses PDF written by Father Adriano di St. Thecla and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Father Adriano di St. Thecla |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 361 |
| Release | : 2018-05-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781501719073 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1501719076 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses by : Father Adriano di St. Thecla
Book excerpt: This 1750 text, written by a Catholic missionary in Tonkin, is the earliest known systematic first-hand account of Vietnamese religious practice, including chapters on Confucianism, Buddhism, the worship of spirits, magicians, fortune tellers and diviners, and Christianity in the region. It was recently discovered in a Paris archive and will be of interest to a broad array of scholars. Includes a facsimile of the original manuscript.
