{"product_id":"jesuit-on-the-roof-of-the-world-ippolito-desideris-mission-to-eighteenth-century-tibet-9780195377866","title":"Jesuit on the Roof of the World: Ippolito Desideri's Mission to Eighteenth-Century Tibet","description":"\u003cem\u003eJesuit on the Roof of the World\u003c\/em\u003e is the first full-length study in any language of Ippolito Desideri (1684-1733), a Jesuit explorer and missionary who traveled in Tibet from 1715 to 1721. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on close readings of a wide range of primary sources in Tibetan, Italian, and Latin, \u003cem\u003eJesuit on the Roof of the World\u003c\/em\u003e follows Desideri's journey across the great Western deserts of Tibet, his entry into the court of the Mongol chieftain Lhazang Khan, and his flight across Eastern Tibet during\u003cbr\u003ethe wars that shook Tibet during the early-eighteenth century. While telling of these harrowing events, Desideri relates the dramatic encounter between his Jesuit philosophy and the scholasticism of the Geluk monks; the personal conflict between his own Roman Catholic beliefs and his appreciation of\u003cbr\u003eTibet religion and culture; and the travails of a variety of colorful characters whose political intrigues led to the invasion of Zünghar Mongols of 1717 and the establishment of the Chinese protectorate in 1720. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the Tibetans fought among themselves, the missionary waged his own war against demons, sorcerers, and rival scholastic philosophers. Towering over all in the mind of the missionary was the fabulous idol Avalokitesvara and its embodiment in the Sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso. In describing\u003cbr\u003ehis spiritual warfare against the Tibetan pope, the missionary offers a unique glimpse into theological problem of the salvation of non-Christians in early modern theology; the curious-and highly controversial-appeal of Hermetic philosophy in the Asian missions; the political underbelly of the\u003cbr\u003eChinese Rites Controversy; and the persistent European fascination with the land of snows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Trent Pomplun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195377866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrent Pomplun\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland. His research interests include late medieval and early modern Catholicism, missions history, and Indo-Tibetan religion and culture. \u003cem\u003eJesuit on the Roof of the World\u003c\/em\u003e is his first book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39959068016755,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":40.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c351c263-5206-48b3-bf21-da1e7aafc1b9.jpg?v=1648740669","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/jesuit-on-the-roof-of-the-world-ippolito-desideris-mission-to-eighteenth-century-tibet-9780195377866","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}