The Fire of TonguesThe Fire of Tongues is a study of the religious and social thought of the Jesuit Antnio Vieira (1608 97), one of the great preachers, writers, and missionaries of the seventeenth century. A key actor in European and Ibero American politics of the period, Vieira argued throughout his seventy year career that the Portuguese nation was destined to lead the Catholic church in its mission to convert the Jews of Europe and the non Christian peoples of the