Thurs, April 30, 12:00-1:20pm (Pick Hall Lounge)
“Negotiating auctoritas: The construction of an authoritative voice for Christianity in Madurai (ca 1610)” – Margherita Trento:

In this paper, Margherita will analyze the strategies the Jesuit missionary Roberto Nobili (1577-1656) used to create an authoritative voice for Christianity in Madurai, strategies influenced by Nobili’s study, selection and implementation of local methods of religious legitimization.