The catholic invasion of China : remaking Chinese Christianity / D. E. Mungello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mungello, D. E. (David Emil), 1943- author.

Series:

Critical issues in world and international history.

Critical Issues in World and International History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--China--History--19th century.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--China--History--20th century.

Religion and culture--China--History--19th century.

Religion and culture.

Religion and culture--China--History--20th century.

China--Church history--19th century.

China.

China--Church history--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>The culmination of Mungello's 40 years of study on Sino-Western history, this book provides a compelling and nuanced history of Catholicism in modern China. In this important work, Mungello corrects a major misreading of Chinese history by arguing that the growth of an indigenous church in the 20th century transformed the negative aspects of the "invasion" into a positive Chinese religious force. </span></span>

Contents:

Catholicism and Western imperialism in China

Spiritual domination by European Catholics in nineteenth-century China

European resistance to the emergence of an indigenous Catholic church

Love and hysteria in Catholic orphanages in China

Sexual domination by Catholic priests in China

The misreading of the missionary 'debacle' in China.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-5050-X

OCLC:

910878502