Christian heretics in late imperial China
Subtitle: Christian inculturation and state control, 1720-1850
By: Lars P. Laamann.
Series: Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia -- 40; Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) -- 40.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Church and state -- China -- History -- 18th century; Church and state -- China -- History -- 19th century; China -- Church history -- 18th century; China -- Church history -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining the research parameters; title: Aims and structure; title: Our sources : a word of caution; title: Geography; title: Through inculturation to Chinese Christianity; title: Accommodation and inculturation; title: Japan's hidden Christians; title: The evolution of Chinese Christianity; title: Christian missions and popular religious culture; title: The philosophical background; title: Christianity and the Manchurian elite; title: Late imperial Christianity : popular cult or alien creed?; title: Filial sons and a world of demons; title: Ancestral tablets and auspicious inscriptions; title: Interaction with other movements; title: Peasant millenarianism and Christian theology; title: Guilt, sin, universal harmony; title: Healing and black magic; title: Death and afterlife; title: Materialism and superstition : attitudes towards religious discipline; title: Matrimony and filial duty; title: Inherited identity in Christian villages; title: Itinerant Christians, private religious practice, and the interest of the state; title: A protective father : official perceptions of Christian and government; title: Action against sectarian movements; title: The philosophical basis for anti-heresy campaigns; title: The Confucian order and the importance of family ties; title: State-sanctioned orthodoxy and heresy; title: Christianity as target : a chronology of state action; title: The Yongzheng Edict of 1724; title: The Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns (1736-1821); title: The Adeodato Affair and the Persecution of 1805; title: The Persecution of 1811 and its aftermath; title: Relaxation of anti-Christian state action during the Daoguang period; title: The perplexed official : Christianity as heterodox mystery; title: The official description of heresy; title: Heretical writings; title: Christianity as internal menace; title: Between social control and official paranoia; title: Poverty and persecution; title: The state versus Christian heresy; title: Christianity as alien intrusion; title: Conclusion : Chinese Christianity and the fear of heresy.