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Jesuits and matriarchs :

Amsler, Nadine,

Jesuits and matriarchs : domestic worship in early modern China / Nadine Amsler. - 1 online resource (x, 258 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Clothes make the man: the Jesuits' adoption of literati masculinity -- A kingdom of virtuous women: Jesuit descriptions of China's moral topography -- A source of creative tension: literati Jesuits and priestly duties -- Strengthening the marital bond: the Christianization of Chinese marriage -- Praying for progeny: women and Catholic spiritual remedies -- Domestic communities: women's congregations and communal piety -- Sharing genteel spirituality: the female networks of the Xus of Shanghai -- A widow and her virgins: the domestic convents of Hangzhou and Nanjing -- Fabrics of devotion: Catholic women's pious patronage -- Women and gender in global Catholicism.

ISBN: 9780295743813 0295743816

Source: 22573/ctvct5dz3 JSTOR

LCCN: 2018039575

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Jesuits--Missions--History.--China
Jesuits.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Catholic women--Religious life--History.--China
Catholic women--Religious life.
Missions.
RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions.
HISTORY / Asia / China

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BV3417 / .A58 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 266/.251