Chinese and Chinese American ancestor veneration in the Catholic Church, 635 A.D. to the present
By: Beverly J. Butcher ; with a foreword by David J. Hufford
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng; chi
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9780773436244
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-439) and index.

Appendix has selections in Chinese with English translations.
Table of contents: title: Nestorians in China: the first period: 635-845; title: Nestorians and Catholics in China: 845-1368; title: European merchants, adventurers: colonizers and missionaries go east, 1495-1583; title: The Jesuits establish missions in mainland China: 1580-1610; title: Catholic missions in mainland China: 1610-1722; title: The Chinese rites controversy: a question of method? 1643-1842; title: The twentieth century: the church reevaluates the 1742 bull Ex quo singulari; title: The evolution of the performance of the Chinese and Chinese American Catholic ancestor memorial service; title: The ancestor memorial service flourishes throughout the United States; title: Conclusion: a sacred and universal ceremony?