Western missionaries in China often considered themselves "voluntary exiles" in a distant land, while Chinese considered Christians either the demons of imperialism or the angels of modernization. This collection of new research provides insights into attempts to bridge the social and religious divide that separated China and the West, and serves as an artful and captivating history of how missionaries and native Christians confronted the sometimes violent antagonisms caused by cultural and linguistic difference.
Western missionaries in China often considered themselves "voluntary exiles" in a distant land, while Chinese considered Christians either the demons of imperialism or the angels of modernization. This collection of new research provides insights into attempts to bridge the social and religious divide that separated China and the West, and serves as an artful and captivating history of how missionaries and native Christians confronted the sometimes violent antagonisms caused by cultural and linguistic difference.
Anthony E. Clark is associate professor of Chinese history at Whitworth University.
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Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: A Voluntary Exile: Crisis, Conflict, and Accommodation After Matteo Ricci Anthony E. Clark, Whitworth University Chapter 1: A Glorious Failure: The Mission of Francis Xavier and its Consequences on the China Enterprise Eric P. Cunningham, Gonzaga University Chapter 2: Jesuit Formation and its Influence on the Methods of Matteo Ricci Michael Maher, SJ, Gonzaga University Chapter 3: The Lefebvre Incident of 1754: The Qing State, Chinese Catholics, and a European Missionary Robert Entenmann, St. Olaf College Chapter 4: Restoring the Ancient Faith: The Taiping Rebels and Their Mandate Thomas H. Reilly, Pepperdine University Chapter 5: Mandarins and Martyrs of Taiyuan, Shanxi in Late-Imperial China Anthony E. Clark, Whitworth University Chapter 6: Christianity for a Confucian Youth: Richard Wilhelm and His Lixian Shuyuan School for Boys in Qingdao, 1901-1912 Lydia Gerber, Washington State University Chapter 7: Catholic and Chinese Folk Religion During the Republican Era in the Region of Taiyuan, Shanxi Liu Anrong, Shanxi Administrative College Chapter 8: Church-State Accommodation in China's "Harmonious Society" Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, Pace University Abbreviations Works Cited About the Contributors
Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: A Voluntary Exile: Crisis, Conflict, and Accommodation After Matteo Ricci Anthony E. Clark, Whitworth University Chapter 1: A Glorious Failure: The Mission of Francis Xavier and its Consequences on the China Enterprise Eric P. Cunningham, Gonzaga University Chapter 2: Jesuit Formation and its Influence on the Methods of Matteo Ricci Michael Maher, SJ, Gonzaga University Chapter 3: The Lefebvre Incident of 1754: The Qing State, Chinese Catholics, and a European Missionary Robert Entenmann, St. Olaf College Chapter 4: Restoring the Ancient Faith: The Taiping Rebels and Their Mandate Thomas H. Reilly, Pepperdine University Chapter 5: Mandarins and Martyrs of Taiyuan, Shanxi in Late-Imperial China Anthony E. Clark, Whitworth University Chapter 6: Christianity for a Confucian Youth: Richard Wilhelm and His Lixian Shuyuan School for Boys in Qingdao, 1901-1912 Lydia Gerber, Washington State University Chapter 7: Catholic and Chinese Folk Religion During the Republican Era in the Region of Taiyuan, Shanxi Liu Anrong, Shanxi Administrative College Chapter 8: Church-State Accommodation in China's "Harmonious Society" Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, Pace University Abbreviations Works Cited About the Contributors
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