Literary representations of Christianity in Late Qing and Republican China / by John T.P. Lai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lai, John Tsz Pang, 1975- author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Studies in religion and the arts ; v. 14.

Studies in religion and the arts ; volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and literature.

China--Church history.

China.

Church history.

Christian literature.

Christianity and literature--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 199 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 Introduction: Literary Turn in the Study of Chinese Christianity p. 1

2 Empire Re-mapped: Image of Britain in Karl Gützlaff's Novels p. 17

1 Westerners/British not "Barbarians" p. 22

2 Trading, not "Tribute Paying" p. 24

3 Britain: The "Supreme Nation" p. 28

4 Britain Upholding the Orthodoxy p. 31

5 Factors behind Gützlaff's Constructed British Image p. 34

3 Bible in Fiction: Chinese Protestant Novels of the Late Nineteenth Century p. 38

1 Fictional Transformation of Biblical Biographies: Yuese jilüe (Brief Biography of Joseph, 1852) p. 40

2 Harmonization and Contextualisation of Gospel Accounts: Zhengdao qimeng (Enlightening the Right Way, 1864) p. 50

3 Displacement of Biblical Mythology: Qu mo zhuan (Story of Demon Banishing, 1895) p. 58

4 Bible on Stage: Chinese Catholic Dramas of the Republican Period p. 67

1 Moralistic and Religious Agenda of Chinese Catholic Literature p. 68

2 Dramatizing the Biblical Narratives p. 73

3 Edifying and Entertaining Dimensions of Two Joseph Dramas p. 76

4 Drama Performance and Communal Transformation p. 83

5 Saints Re-membered: Chinese Dramatization of Martyrdom p. 89

1 Dramatizing the Martyrdom Stories p. 90

2 Martyrdom Narratives of the Maccabees p. 92

3 Resolving the Moral Conflict of Martyrdom p. 94

6 Popular Reception: Chinese Folk Imagination of Christianity p. 105

1 Heavenly Family in Hong Xiuquari's Dream Vision p. 107

2 Image of Jesus in Anti-Christian Pamphlets p. 110

3 Journey to Hell in Chinese Catholic Novel p. 114

4 Afterlife in Chinese Spiritual Songs p. 117

5 Revelation of Jesus in Daoist Planchette Writings p. 119

7 Poetic Inspiration: Biblical Imageries in Modem Chinese Poetry p. 123

1 The Bible as Devotional Inspiration for Bing Xin p. 124

2 The Bible as Ideological Inspiration for Zhou Zuoren p. 129

3 The Bible as Archetypal Inspiration for Mu Dan p. 135

8 Pilgrims Re-progressed: Christian Interpretation of TheJourney to the West p. 141

1 Mahayana Christianity and Buddhist Trinity p. 144

1.1 Julai as Christ, the Incarnate God p. 146

1.2 Kwanyin as the Holy Spirit p. 150

2 Huen Chwang as Apostle Paul p. 153

3 The Pilgrim's Progress of Nestorianism p. 155

4 "Multi-religious" Kingdom of God p. 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

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Online version: Lai, John Tsz Pang, 1975- author. Literary representations of Christianity in Late Qing and Republican China

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9789004394483

9004394486

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