Maps and Figures Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction: "Truly Unfathomable"? 1. Fuan Literati, Jesuits, and Spanish Friars 2. Becoming Local: Conflict with Gods and Ancestors, 1634-1645 3. The Golden Age of Opportunity, 1645-1723 4. Suppression and Persistence, 1723-1840s 5. The Christians of Fuan 6. Christian Religious Fellowship in Mindong: Priests, Rituals, and Lay Institutions 7. Filial Piety, Ancestral Rituals, and Salvation 8. Virginity, Chastity, and Sex Conclusion-Ruptures: Fuan After the Opium Wars Notes on Sources Bibliography Index
"In this elegant and erudite book Menegon uncovers the lost history of a four-hundred-year-old Catholic community in China, showing brilliantly how Christianity has become localized, how it has become Chinese, how it has become part of local life. The book convincingly undermines the widespread notion that what is most important about Christianity in China is its foreignness. It needs to be read not only by scholars of Christianity but also by all scholars of late imperial China, who ignore Christianity at the expense of a full understanding of religious life. As the number of Christians grows explosively in China today, this book offers an invaluable account of the past and useful material for reflecting on the future." --Michael Szonyi, Harvard University "Combining a thorough mastery of Spanish missionary records and profound knowledge of Chinese sites and their sources, this book sets a new standard for the study of Catholic missions and cultural encounter in Late Imperial China." --R. Po-chia Hsia, The Pennsylvania State University "In this rich reconstruction of the Dominican mission to Fujian, Menegon exposes the delicate maneuverings by which ordinary people managed a major cultural divide. His intimate portrait shows us how, in one community, Christianity became an indigenous, and resilient, Chinese religion four centuries ago." --Timothy Brook, University of British Columbia
Eugenio Menegon is Associate Professor of History at Boston University.
In this rich reconstruction of the Dominican mission to Fujian,
Menegon exposes the delicate maneuverings by which ordinary people
managed a major cultural divide. His intimate portrait shows us
how, in one community, Christianity became an indigenous, and
resilient, Chinese religion four centuries ago.
*Timothy Brook, University of British Columbia*
Combining a thorough mastery of Spanish missionary records and
profound knowledge of Chinese sites and their sources, this book
sets a new standard for the study of Catholic missions and cultural
encounter in Late Imperial China.
*R. Po-chia Hsia, Pennsylvania State University*
In this elegant and erudite book, Menegon uncovers the lost history
of a four-hundred-year-old Catholic community in China, showing
brilliantly how Christianity has become localized, how it has
become Chinese, how it has become part of local life. The book
convincingly undermines the widespread notion that what is most
important about Christianity in China is its foreignness. It needs
to be read not only by scholars of Christianity but also by all
scholars of late imperial China, who ignore Christianity at the
expense of a full understanding of religious life. As the number of
Christians grows explosively in China today, this book offers an
invaluable account of the past and useful material for reflecting
on the future.
*Michael Szonyi, Harvard University*
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