Butcher, Beverly J. <br/><br/>
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.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-439) and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/><br/>Appendix has selections in Chinese with English translations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0773429980 (electronic bk.) 9780773429987 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--History.--China
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church history.<br/>Ancestor worship--China.<br/>Ancestor worship--United States.<br/>Chinese Americans--Religion.<br/>RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues<br/>RELIGION / Christianity / General
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX1665  / .B88 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>261.2/95120951