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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

D. E. Mungello has been a leading scholar in Sino-Western history. From 1979 to 2016 he founded and edited a journal dedicated to the post-Mao Zedong era revival of contacts between Chinese and foreign historians. His books include Leibniz and Confucianism, Curious Land , The Great Encounter of China and the West, 1500-1800, The Spirit and the Flesh in Shandong, 1650-1785, Drowning Girls in China: Female Infanticide since 1650, Western Queers in China: Flight to the Land of Oz, The Catholic Invasion of China, This Suffering is my Joy: The Underground Church in Eighteenth-Century China and Interracial Lovers in Revolutionary China. He is the Professor of History Emeritus at Baylor University.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: D E Mungello, D. E. Mungello, Mungello D. E.
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.2015
• EAN: 9781442250482
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5048-2
• Pagine: 194
• Serie: Critical Issues in World and International History; Critical Issues in World and International History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; 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