Overview
- Fuses scholarly prose, scholarly reflections, and casual conversations with influential historical persons
- Preserves records of historical value for their own merits
- Gives a peek into China’s post-1949 religious history
Part of the book series: Christianity in Modern China (CMC)
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About this book
This book features a collection of essays on China’s modern Catholic Church by a scholar of China-West intellectual and religious exchange. The essays and reflections were mostly written in China while the author was traveling by train, or staying in villages or large cities near to Roman Catholic cathedrals or other important historical sites during research trips to the country. It is clear that Clark’s understanding of Catholicism in China evolved from the first entry to the final ones in 2019. The essays included in this compendium were written in disparate contexts and in response to different events. As such, there is no obvious theme or order to the content. However, despite this, the book provides valuable insights for readers wishing to gain a better understanding of the complex topography of Catholic history in China, the contours of which have undergone stark transformations with each dynastic, political, and ecclesial transition. The information presented serves to highlight and explain the lives of Catholic people and the events that have punctuated one of the most significant dimensions of China’s long history of friendship, conflict and exchange with the West.
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About the author
Anthony E. Clark is professor of Chinese history, director of Asian Studies, and Edward B. Lindaman Endowed Chair at Whitworth University, USA. He is the author of several books, including China Gothic: The Bishop of Beijing and His Cathedral (2019) and Heaven in Conflict: Franciscans and the Boxer Uprising in Shanxi (2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: China’s Catholics in an Era of Transformation
Book Subtitle: Observations of an “Outsider”
Authors: Anthony E. Clark
Series Title: Christianity in Modern China
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6182-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6181-8Published: 14 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6184-9Published: 14 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-6182-5Published: 13 July 2020
Series ISSN: 2730-7875
Series E-ISSN: 2730-7883
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 277
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Religion, Christianity, Catholicism, History of China, Religious Studies, general