Journey to the East : the Jesuit mission to China, 1579-1724 / Liam Matthew Brockey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brockey, Liam Matthew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Missions--China.

Jesuits.

Christianity--China.

Christianity.

China--Church history.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 p. ) ill., maps

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern era. This "journey to the East" is explored by Brockey as he retraces the path of the Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to China.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Note on Translations and Orthography

Introduction

Part I. Charting the Course

1. An Uneasy Foothold

2. In the Shadow of Greatness

3. Witnesses to Armageddon

4. The Problem of Success

5. Between Tolerance and the Intolerable

Part II. Building the Church

6. In the Apostles' Classroom

7. Learning the Language of Birds

8. The Business of Conversion

9. A Good Method and Order

10. Brothers of Passion and Mercy

Conclusion

Bibliographic Note

Notes

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-477) and index.

ISBN:

9780674262362

0674262360

9780674028814

0674028813

OCLC:

442778431