Catholicism in China, 1900-Present [electronic resource] : The Development of the Chinese Church /
Chu, C.editor.
This volume is the product of scholars of various backgrounds, specialties and agendas bringing forth their most treasured findings regarding the Chinese Catholic Church. The chapters in this book covering the church from 1900 to the present trace the development of the Church in China from many historical and disciplinary vantage points.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Dates for Chinese Historical Periods and Events; Vatican History; Editor's Notes; INTRODUCTION The Church in China since 1900; CHAPTER ONE Chinese Catholicism: An Overview; CHAPTER TWO Writing the History of the Catholic Church in China: ; PART 1 Catholic Missions in Local China; CHAPTER THREE American Jesuits and the China Mission: The Woodstock Letters, 1900-1969; CHAPTER FOUR Out of the Ashes: ; CHAPTER FIVE Vincentian Missionaries in Jiangxi Province: Extending an American Catholic Community to China, 1921-1951
PART 2 Religion, Politics, and Culture: CHAPTER SIX Ending Civil Patronage: The Beginning of a New Era for the Catholic Missions in China, 1926; CHAPTER SEVEN Catholic Bible Translation in Twentieth-Century China: An Overview; CHAPTER EIGHT Indigenizing Catholic Architecture in China: From Western-Gothic to Sino-Christian Design, 1900-1940; PART 3 Catholicism and Politics in the Post-Mao Period; CHAPTER NINE China and the Vatican, 1979-Present; CHAPTER TEN Taiwan's Role in the Chinese Catholic Church:
CHAPTER ELEVEN Sino-Vatican Relations under Pope Benedict XVI: From Promising Beginnings to Overt ConfrontationCONCLUSION The Church in China Today and the Road Ahead; CHAPTER TWELVE The Catholic Church's Role in the African Diaspora in Guangzhou, China*; CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Task of Religion in Secular Society: The Challenges Ahead for Christianity in China; About the Authors; Index
Includes index.
This volume is the product of scholars of various backgrounds, specialties and agendas bringing forth their most treasured findings regarding the Chinese Catholic Church. The chapters in this book covering the church from 1900 to the present trace the development of the Church in China from many historical and disciplinary vantage points.
Catholic Church
Catholic Church
Asia—History.
Religion—History.
Religion and sociology.
International relations.
Catholic Church.
Asian History.
History of Religion.
Sociology of Religion.
International Relations.
Religion and Society.
Catholicism.