Exploring Misunderstandings within Interreligious Communication : Christian Material Culture and the Medieval Mongols

VALTROVÁ, Jana. Exploring Misunderstandings within Interreligious Communication : Christian Material Culture and the Medieval Mongols. 2021.

Basic information

• Original name: Exploring Misunderstandings within Interreligious Communication : Christian Material Culture and the Medieval Mongols
• Authors: VALTROVÁ, Jana.
• Edition: 2021.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60304 Religious studies
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords (in Czech): křesťanské misie; religionistika; mongolská říše
• Keywords in English: Christian missions; Religious studeis; Mongol empire
• Tags: Reviewed

Abstract

The paper discusses historical misunderstandings within interreligious communication as important sources for scholarly research. The paper suggests re-examining textual sources of past interreligious contacts with a special focus on failures and misunderstandings because they might reveal crucial discrepancies between the different religious and cultural concepts, values and practices. In particular, the paper discusses miscommunications over Christian material objects taken by a Franciscan friar William of Rubruck to the Mongols during his journey in 1253-1255.

Links

• MUNI/A/1495/2020, interní kód MU: Name: Obraz, text a zvuk v mezikulturní a mezináboženské komunikaci (Acronym: OTMEKO)

Investor: Masaryk University