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Saving the Lost Sheep: Mission and Culture in Pedro Guerra de Lorca’s Catecheses mystagogicae pro aduenis ex secta Mahometana: Ad Parochos, et Potestates (1586)

Busic, Jason David
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1245900378

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2009, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Spanish and Portuguese.
In the present study I analyze the Catecheses mystagogicae pro aduenis ex secta Mahometana: Ad Parochos, & Potestates, written by doctor of theology and citizen of Granada Pedro Guerra de Lorca in 1586. In order to respond to the various themes of the Catechisms of Instruction, I have divided the study into six chapters. The first two chapters deal with the “Morisco question” of early modern Spain and the Christian polemic in the West against Islam from the Middle Ages to Early Modernity. In chapter three, I discuss Pedro Guerra de Lorca’s own polemic against Islam. I dedicate chapter four to Christian mission and the Church as portrayed by Lorca. Chapter five constitutes a consideration of the author’s portrayal of the Moriscos and their cultural traditions, and in chapter six I analyze the theologian’s proposed methodology for assimilating the Moriscos. I argue that Lorca’s catechism is unique because it engages central problems dealing with the Moriscos in early modern Spain, provides unparalleled descriptions and interpretations of Morisco culture, sometimes not even available in Aljamiado literature, and emphasizes a sincere desire for the full incorporation of these New Christians of Muslim descent at a volatile and difficult time of Spanish history. I have appended to the study my own translation of the Catecheses into English.
Vicente Cantarino, PhD (Advisor)
Lúcia Costigan, PhD (Committee Member)
Jonathan Burgoyne, PhD (Committee Member)
671 p.
Comparative Literature; History; Religion; Religious History; Romance Literature
Catecheses mystagogicae pro aduenis ex secta Mahometana; Pedro Guerra de Lorca; Moriscos; Islam; Christian polemic

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  • Busic, J. D. (2009). Saving the Lost Sheep: Mission and Culture in Pedro Guerra de Lorca’s Catecheses mystagogicae pro aduenis ex secta Mahometana: Ad Parochos, et Potestates (1586) [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1245900378

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Busic, Jason. Saving the Lost Sheep: Mission and Culture in Pedro Guerra de Lorca’s Catecheses mystagogicae pro aduenis ex secta Mahometana: Ad Parochos, et Potestates (1586). 2009. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1245900378.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Busic, Jason. "Saving the Lost Sheep: Mission and Culture in Pedro Guerra de Lorca’s Catecheses mystagogicae pro aduenis ex secta Mahometana: Ad Parochos, et Potestates (1586)." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1245900378

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