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MARTINEZ D'ALOS-MONER Andreu, Envoys of a Human God. The Jesuit Mission to Christian Ethiopia, 1557-1632, Leiden, Brill Publishers, 2015, XXXVI-419 pages.ISBN13: 9789004289147E-ISBN: 9789004289154ISSN: 2214-3289Prix: 146€In Envoys of A Human God Andreu Martínez offers a comprehensive study of the religious mission led by the Society of Jesus in Christian Ethiopia. The mission to Ethiopia was one of the most challenging undertakings carried out by the Catholic Church in early modern times.The book examines the period of early Portuguese contacts with the Ethiopian monarchy, the mission’s main developments and its aftermath, with the expulsion of the Jesuit missionaries. The study profits from both an intense reading of the historical record and the fruits of recent archaeological research. Long-held historiographical assumptions are challenged and the importance of cultural and socio-political factors in the attraction and ultimate estrangement between European Catholics and Ethiopian Christians is highlighted.Table des matièresAcknowledgmentsList of Figures, Maps, Plates and TablesList of AbbreviationsGlossary of TermsIntroductionPART 1 From Diu to Fǝremona1 The Prester John’s New ClothesThe Courting of the nǝguśDom João III: Religious Reform as ExpansionThe Preste’s New Clothes2 From Santiago to St. PaulEvangelizing the PresteSantiago’s Last CallPaul’s Momentum3 Native NetworksThe Carreira to the PresteDiu and the BanyansMassawa, Fǝremona and the Ethio-PortuguesePART 2 From Fǝremona to Gorgora4 Mission Metrics1555–1603: Difficult Beginnings1603–1623: Setting up a Local Missionary Network1623–1632: The Catholic Patriarchate and the Expansion of the Network5 Mission PoliticsThe Redução of Christian EthiopiaObservation, Deconstruction, and Replacement of EthiopianChristianityBeyond Absolutism6 Mission CultureThe Presentation of Self in Missionary LifeA Theology of the VisibleSpaces of Faith, Spaces of PowerMission SupportPART 3 From Gorgora to Goa7 YäṭǝntUtopian EthiopiaThe Mission of the Qwälläfä and ChalcedoniansFrom Dissent to Open Resistance8 Exile and MemoryThe Mission after the JesuitsLonging for EthiopiaA Mission between Oblivion and Curiosity9 ConclusionsAppendix 1 Leading Political Figures in the Red Sea, India, and Europe, ca. 1600–1635Appendix 2 National and Provincial Rulers in Christian Ethiopia, 1603–1636Appendix 3 Jesuit Missionaries in Ethiopia, 1555–1632Appendix 4 Intellectual Production during the Mission, 1611–1632Appendix 5 Genealogical Chart of the Extended Ethiopian Royal Family (ca. 1550–1640)Sources and bibliographyIndexSource : Brill Publishers