The Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood and the Evolution of the Catholic Church

This book traces the origins of the Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood in Hong Kong and their history up to the early 1970s, and contributes to the neglected area of Chinese Catholic women in the history of the Chinese Catholic Church. It studies the growth of an indigenous community of Chinese sisters, who acquired a formal status in the local and universal Catholic Church, and the challenge of identifying Chinese Catholic women in studies dealing with the Chinese Church in the first half of the twentieth century, as these women remained "faceless" and "nameless" in contrast to their Catholic male counterparts of the period. Emphasizing the intertwining histories of the Hong Kong Church, the churches in China, and the Roman Catholic Church, it demonstrates how the history of the Precious Blood Congregation throws light on the formation and development of indigenous groups of sisters in contemporary China.

List of contents

Jesus on Chinese Soil.- The Chinese Sisters Until 1929.- The Turbulent 1930s.- The War Years 1940s.- A New Chapter in Hong Kong's History - The 1950s.- The 1960s - A Decade of Revolutions.- 1971-1973 and Beyond.

About the author

Cindy Yik-yi Chu is Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University. She has published a number of books on the Catholic Church and the Catholic sisters in China and Hong Kong, such as Catholicism in China, 1900-Present (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

Summary

This book traces the origins of the Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood in Hong Kong and their history up to the early 1970s, and contributes to the neglected area of Chinese Catholic women in the history of the Chinese Catholic Church. It studies the growth of an indigenous community of Chinese sisters, who acquired a formal status in the local and universal Catholic Church, and the challenge of identifying Chinese Catholic women in studies dealing with the Chinese Church in the first half of the twentieth century, as these women remained "faceless" and "nameless" in contrast to their Catholic male counterparts of the period. Emphasizing the intertwining histories of the Hong Kong Church, the churches in China, and the Roman Catholic Church, it demonstrates how the history of the Precious Blood Congregation throws light on the formation and development of indigenous groups of sisters in contemporary China.

Product details

• Authors: Cindy Yik-yi Chu
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9789811018527
• ISBN: 978-981-10-1852-7
• No. of pages: 207
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 220 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 207 p. 5 illus.
• Series: Springer Palgrave Macmillan; Christianity in Modern China; Christianity in Modern China
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Katholizismus, römisch-katholische Kirche, Asiatische Geschichte, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Sociology of Religion, Catholicism, auseinandersetzen, Catholic Church, Asian History, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Religion and Philosophy, History of China, China—History, Religion and Gender, Gender identity—Religious aspects, cross-cultural studies, Indigenization of the Catholic Church, Local studies