A call to mission - a history of the Jesuits in China, 1842-1954 : volume 2 : the wider European and American adventure / David Strong SJ
- Bib ID:
- 8066780
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Strong, David, author
- Description:
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- Hindmarsh, SA : ATF Theology, 2018
- xvii, 388 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781925643602 (paperback)
- Summary:
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China was bulked large in the imagination of the Catholic Church for 500 years. It had been central to the missionary dream of the Jesuits for almost as long. However, only with this book's appearance has the detailed focus of attention shifted to the substantial and neglected period of catholic and Jesuit engagement with china - the almost 120 years from the second arrival of the Jesuits. Matteo Ricci the polymath, Ferdinand Verbeist and Adam Schall von Bell the astronomers and the exquisite painter who influenced Chinese painting beyond measure, Giuseppe Castiglione, have been written about, made ls of and been the heart and soul of the first stage of Jesuit impact on China - in the 17th and 18th Centuries. They brought Western learning and art to China and took Chinese language and literature to Europe. The Jesuits were the first multinational to be welcomed in China and they came with a specific method of engagement - to make friends build relationships and share their gifts before anything else was transacted, including conversations about Christianity. It remains an unsurpassed method of engagement with a rich and ancient people. But the second arrival - from the 1840's - was very different. It was made possible by the arrival of European governments and traders, many of whom came not just for financial gain but to spread their "superior" religion. This work by David Strong in two volumes is the first major treatment of the period from the arrival of the European and eventually American Jesuit missionaries under the protection of the so called Unequal Treaties through to their expulsion after the Communist victory in the long running civil war in 1949. Volume II- The Wider European Adventure- covers the commitments, places and activities of missions undertaken by the Spaniards, Austrian, Hungarians, Italians, French Canadians, and lastly in the 1930s, the Americans from California.
- Partial contents:
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- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The Apostolic Vicariate of Wuhu
- 2. The Apostolic Vicariate of Bengbu
- 3. The Apostolic Vicariate of Anqing
- 4. The Xuzhou Mission 1882-1935
- 5. The Apostolic Vicariate of Xuzhou 1935-1955
- 6. The Apostolic Prefecture of Daming
- 7. The Apostolic Prefecture of Jingxian
- 8. American Jesuits in China
- Interlude
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
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- Two volumes: volume 1. The French romance (9781925643565)-- volume 2. The wider European and American adventure (9781925643602).
- Includes bibliography (pp. 349-376) and indexes.
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