Sustainability in Early Modern China through the Evolution of the Jesuit Accommodation Method

This article clarifies the often overlooked facts attributed to European missionaries in Asia, especially Jesuits, who acted as catalysts of a kind of nuanced acculturation named <i>Accommodatio</i> (adaptation). To a great extent, they became harbingers of culture and science more than...

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Autores principales:	Inmaculada Rodriguez-Cunill, Miguel Gutierrez-Villarrubia, Francisco Salguero-Andujar, Joseph Cabeza-Lainez
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Asian architecture Asian heritage China Japan urban design garden and landscape design Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9d91412c3bdb4c63b1a1d6aa1cda06f92021-11-11T19:27:13ZSustainability in Early Modern China through the Evolution of the Jesuit Accommodation Method10.3390/su1321117292071-1050https://doaj.org/article/9d91412c3bdb4c63b1a1d6aa1cda06f92021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/11729https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050This article clarifies the often overlooked facts attributed to European missionaries in Asia, especially Jesuits, who acted as catalysts of a kind of nuanced acculturation named <i>Accommodatio</i> (adaptation). To a great extent, they became harbingers of culture and science more than faith itself to the dismay of many, including the Roman Church. Such cultural and scientific transference was actually two-pronged, for simultaneously they presented in Europe unique findings related to language, e.g., the Chinese characters (considered to be the sole natural language), geography, cosmology and even governance. Here we try to prove that such procedure contributed positively to the modern scientific notions of sustainability and to provide the kind of accoutrements that model the modern world as we know it. However, in the process, many Jesuits clearly became sinified and eventually acculturated.Inmaculada Rodriguez-CunillMiguel Gutierrez-VillarrubiaFrancisco Salguero-AndujarJoseph Cabeza-LainezMDPI AGarticleAsian architectureAsian heritageChinaJapanurban designgarden and landscape designEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11729, p 11729 (2021)
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topic	Asian architecture Asian heritage China Japan urban design garden and landscape design Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	Asian architecture Asian heritage China Japan urban design garden and landscape design Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Inmaculada Rodriguez-Cunill Miguel Gutierrez-Villarrubia Francisco Salguero-Andujar Joseph Cabeza-Lainez Sustainability in Early Modern China through the Evolution of the Jesuit Accommodation Method
description	This article clarifies the often overlooked facts attributed to European missionaries in Asia, especially Jesuits, who acted as catalysts of a kind of nuanced acculturation named <i>Accommodatio</i> (adaptation). To a great extent, they became harbingers of culture and science more than faith itself to the dismay of many, including the Roman Church. Such cultural and scientific transference was actually two-pronged, for simultaneously they presented in Europe unique findings related to language, e.g., the Chinese characters (considered to be the sole natural language), geography, cosmology and even governance. Here we try to prove that such procedure contributed positively to the modern scientific notions of sustainability and to provide the kind of accoutrements that model the modern world as we know it. However, in the process, many Jesuits clearly became sinified and eventually acculturated.
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title	Sustainability in Early Modern China through the Evolution of the Jesuit Accommodation Method
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Sustainability in Early Modern China through the Evolution of the Jesuit Accommodation Method

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