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way and caused the in<strong>di</strong>genous side an intellectual turmoil, and finally it became a logic of<br />

refutation against Christianity through fin<strong>di</strong>ng a logical explanation of their in<strong>di</strong>genous<br />

thought. The aim of my presentation lies in analyzing this process using a philological method<br />

applied to books translated from Spanish and Latin to Japanese. More concretely, I analyze<br />

how and why the word a casus was translated into Japanese jinen which means coincidence in<br />

accordance with nature. I first study the theological treatise Compen<strong>di</strong>um catholicae veritaris<br />

(1593) compiled by Pedro Gomes S.J. and translated into Japanese in 1596, which shows the<br />

<strong>di</strong>fficulty in fin<strong>di</strong>ng its equivalent translation. Secondly I compare Fides no Doxi (1592) and<br />

Contemptus Mun<strong>di</strong> (1596) with their original Spanish/Latin texts in order to show the crucial<br />

misunderstan<strong>di</strong>ng of jinen originated by the Japanese ideographic system. Finally, I analyze<br />

two refutation works Ha-Deus (1620) and Kengi Roku (1636) by two Jesuit apostates. There I<br />

argue that they consolidated their own in<strong>di</strong>genous thought in more logical way by juxtaposing<br />

with Christianity. These processes in<strong>di</strong>cate that an intellectual shift in a society or in<strong>di</strong>vidual<br />

does not occur self-inclusively, but that it occurs via the encounter with the other, but they also<br />

suggest that it is this type of encounters that makes the boundary between the self and the<br />

other. This presentation tries to accommodate this phenomenological claim into the intellectual<br />

history of pre-early modern Japan and Catholicism. It concludes with some ideas for my<br />

further research.<br />

Roberto Osculati, University of Catania, Italy<br />

Cornelio Giansenio (1510-1576), la evangelica historia, il tempo presente<br />

Wed 16 th , 9.00, Classroom 4<br />

Il fiammingo Cornelio Giansenio fu allievo dell’<strong>Università</strong> <strong>di</strong> Lovanio, dove acquisì una<br />

notevole competenza linguistica <strong>di</strong> ebraico e <strong>di</strong> greco. Dopo un periodo <strong>di</strong> insegnamento presso<br />

i Premostratensi, <strong>di</strong>venne professore a Lovanio e pubblicò una serie <strong>di</strong> opere esegetiche<br />

sull’Antico Testamento. Divenne famosa nella seconda metà del secolo XVI e all’inizio del<br />

successivo la sua Concor<strong>di</strong>a evangelica, dove un complicato sistema tipografico permetteva<br />

una lettura unitaria <strong>degli</strong> evangelici canonici pur riconoscendone le particolarità. Dopo aver<br />

partecipato alle ultime sessioni del Concilio <strong>di</strong> Trento fu nominato vescovo <strong>di</strong> Gand e<br />

consacrato nel 1568. Negli anni 1571/2 pubblicò un voluminoso Commentarius in suam<br />

concor<strong>di</strong>am et totam evangelicam historiam, che ebbe per decenni una larghissima <strong>di</strong>ffusione.<br />

Di fronte alle aspre lotte religiose e politiche che squassavano la cristianità occidentale il<br />

vescovo richiamava ad una lettura puntigliosa <strong>degli</strong> evangeli quali regola suprema della fede e<br />

dell’azione dei cristiani. Egli richiamava e rendeva <strong>di</strong> nuovo attuali i principali temi della<br />

teologia monastica e della cosiddetta devotio moderna. La relazione vuole mettere in luce<br />

alcuni esempi <strong>di</strong> questa rilettura dei testi cristiani in un periodo <strong>di</strong>fficile ed in un contesto<br />

politico e militare dominato da violenze e contrasti.<br />

Panayotis Pachis, Thessaloniki University, Greece<br />

Tue 15 th , 15.40, Classroom 9<br />

Religion and Politics during the Graeco-Roman Age: the Case of Isis/Sarapis Cult<br />

The appearance of the Egyptian deities in the environment of Roma comprises an<br />

unprecedented con<strong>di</strong>tion for its habitants. During the 2 nd and 3 rd centuries A.D. we find a<br />

decisive change. The emperors, as soon as they realize the peculiar power and the mysterious<br />

influence that the Eastern cults exercise over the crowds, recognize them as part of the

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