Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Natália Cristina de; CAMPOS, Névio de  and  SKALINSKI JUNIOR, Oriomar. Father Montoya and the spiritual conquest strategies in Guairá Missions. Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2021, vol.20, e016.  Epub Jan 29, 2022. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v20-2021-16.

This article aims to discuss Father Montoya’s strategies in the spiritual conquest process among the heathens in Guairá missions, in the context of the 17th century. Based on the opus named Conquista Espiritual feita pelos religiosos da Companhia de Jesus nas Províncias do Paraguai, Paraná, Uruguai e Tape - Reduções Guaraníticas, written by this Jesuit Father, also on Pierre Bourdieu’s strategy and habitus concepts, this article also attempts to make explicit that the Jesuits’ presence was marked out not only by denouncements of abuse committed by the Spanish settlers and the trailblazers from São Paulo against the heathens, but also by the converted heathens’ flattering description and by the struggle against the non-converted ones, in particular against chieftains and shamans who were represented as the Devil’s incarnation in the American lands.

Keywords : Society of Jesus; Guairá Missions; Antonio Ruiz de Montoya; Spiritual conquest.

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