Ancestors, virgins, & friars : Christianity as a local religion in late Imperial China / Eugenio Menegon.
- Menegon, Eugenio, 1966-
- Date:
- 2009
- Books
- Online
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About this work
Also known as
Ancestors, virgins, and friars
Publication/Creation
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2009.
Physical description
xx, 450 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : "truly unfathomable"? -- Fuan literati, Jesuits, and Spanish friars -- Becoming local : conflict with gods and ancestors, 1634-1645 -- The golden age of opportunity, 1645-1723 -- Suppression and persistence, 1723-1840s -- The Christians of Fuan -- Christian religious fellowship in Mindong : priests, rituals, and lay institutions -- Filial piety, ancestral rituals, and salvation -- Virginity, chastity, and sex -- Conclusion : ruptures : Fuan after the Opium Wars.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-426) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.