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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829078803321

Autore

Mungello D. E (David Emil), <1943->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-5050-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Collana

Critical Issues in World and International History

Disciplina

282/.51

Soggetti

Religion and culture - China - History - 19th century

Religion and culture - China - History - 20th century

China Church history 19th century

China Church history 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

<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>