In this original and interesting work, Tara Alberts offers the reader a fresh look at global Catholicism by studying early modern Catholic missions in Vietnam, Siam and Malacca ... This book will serve as a solid foundation for future research into the history of Catholic missions in South-east Asia.
R. Po-Chia Hsia, English Historical Review
Tara Alberts has ... Read morewritten an excellent and ambitious book ... Readers interested in cross-cultural contact, the global history of Catholicism, the role of forgotten groups in the early modern period, and Southeast Asian history more generally are thereby all the richer for this excellent work.
Fr. Jeremy Clarke, S.J., American Historical Review
an authoritative work for studies of Christianity in Vietnam and Thailand. Scholars of Southeast Asian and religious studies will find the book indispensable for studying the patterns of Western and native encounters prior to nineteenth-century colonialism.
Anh Q. Tran, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
This is an excellent example of a successful transition from a doctoral dissertation to a book that should have wide appeal amongst those working on conversions in general, not just in Asia, but also to scholars of the three areas treated.
Michael Pearson, Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
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