%0 Journal Article %T Os jesu¨ªtas na Amaz nia portuguesa: a "crise de voca es" e seus reflexos na Miss o do Maranh o e Gr o-Par¨¢ %A Breno Machado dos Santos %J OPSIS : Revista do Departamento de Hist¨®ria e Ci¨ºncias Sociais %D 2009 %I Universidade Federal de Goi¨¢s %X This article analyses the actuationdirectives of the Jesuits in activity in Estate ofMaranh o and Gr o-Par¨¢ in the seventeenthcentury.Furthermore, it proposes to relate thesmall number of religious in the Mission withthe crisis of the apostolic vocation experiencedby the Order in Estate of Brazil. Thus, it isintend to give light on the reflections of thedualism existent inside the Society of Jesus dueto the option for the indian Missions or betweenthe activities related to the Schools of Order. %K Jesu¨ªtas %K Amaz nia portuguesa %K Miss es %K Col¨¦gios %K Brasil colonial. %U http://revistas.ufg.br/index.php/Opsis/article/view/10122#.T-HxmfWgssw