Catholic Invasion of China - Remaking Chinese Christianity

The culmination of Mungello's forty years of study on Sino-Western history, this book provides a compelling and nuanced history of Catholicism in modern China.

List of contents

Illustrations
Maps
Chronology of Events in the Catholic Invasion of China
Acknowledgments

Chapter One: Catholicism and Western Imperialism in China
Chapter Two: Spiritual Domination by European Catholics in Nineteenth-Century China
Chapter Three: European Resistance to the Emergence of an Indigenous Catholic Church
Chapter Four: Love and Hysteria in Catholic Orphanages in China
Chapter Five: Sexual Domination by Catholic Priests in China
Chapter Six: The Misreading of the Missionary "Debacle" in China

Appendix A: List of the 120 Martyrs in China Canonized by John Paul II in 2000
Appendix B: Chinese Character Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Baylor University

Summary

The culmination of Mungello’s forty years of study on Sino-Western history, this book provides a compelling and nuanced history of Catholicism in modern China.

Product details

• Authors: D E Mungello, D. E. Mungello, Mungello D. E.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2015
• EAN: 9781442250482
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5048-2
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Critical Issues in World and International History; Critical Issues in World and International History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / China, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / General