Chinese and Chinese American ancestor veneration in the Catholic Church, 635 A.D. to the present
Butcher, Beverly J.
Chinese and Chinese American ancestor veneration in the Catholic Church, 635 A.D. to the present [electronic resource] / Beverly J. Butcher ; with a foreword by David J. Hufford. - Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2010 - 1 online resource (viii, 447 p., 12 leaves of plates) ill. (chiefly col.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-439) and index.
Nestorians in China: the first period: 635-845 -- Nestorians and Catholics in China: 845-1368 -- European merchants, adventurers: colonizers and missionaries go east, 1495-1583 -- The Jesuits establish missions in mainland China: 1580-1610 -- Catholic missions in mainland China: 1610-1722 -- The Chinese rites controversy: a question of method? 1643-1842 -- The twentieth century: the church reevaluates the 1742 bull Ex quo singulari -- The evolution of the performance of the Chinese and Chinese American Catholic ancestor memorial service -- The ancestor memorial service flourishes throughout the United States -- Conclusion: a sacred and universal ceremony?
Appendix has selections in Chinese with English translations.
0773429980 (electronic bk.) 9780773429987 (electronic bk.)
Catholic Church--History.--China
Church history.
Ancestor worship--China.
Ancestor worship--United States.
Chinese Americans--Religion.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
RELIGION / Christianity / General
Electronic books.
BX1665 / .B88 2010
261.2/95120951
Chinese and Chinese American ancestor veneration in the Catholic Church, 635 A.D. to the present [electronic resource] / Beverly J. Butcher ; with a foreword by David J. Hufford. - Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2010 - 1 online resource (viii, 447 p., 12 leaves of plates) ill. (chiefly col.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-439) and index.
Nestorians in China: the first period: 635-845 -- Nestorians and Catholics in China: 845-1368 -- European merchants, adventurers: colonizers and missionaries go east, 1495-1583 -- The Jesuits establish missions in mainland China: 1580-1610 -- Catholic missions in mainland China: 1610-1722 -- The Chinese rites controversy: a question of method? 1643-1842 -- The twentieth century: the church reevaluates the 1742 bull Ex quo singulari -- The evolution of the performance of the Chinese and Chinese American Catholic ancestor memorial service -- The ancestor memorial service flourishes throughout the United States -- Conclusion: a sacred and universal ceremony?
Appendix has selections in Chinese with English translations.
0773429980 (electronic bk.) 9780773429987 (electronic bk.)
Catholic Church--History.--China
Church history.
Ancestor worship--China.
Ancestor worship--United States.
Chinese Americans--Religion.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
RELIGION / Christianity / General
Electronic books.
BX1665 / .B88 2010
261.2/95120951
