Catholicism in China, 1900-Present The Development of the Chinese Church

by Chu, Cindy Yik-Yi

• ISBN13: 9781137361745
• ISBN10: 1137361743
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-11-19
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The Chinese Catholic Church, with its complex history and remarkable longevity, has continued to attract the attention of China watchers. Historians, political scientists and theologians have been exploring different aspects – the Church's development in the modern era, the issues of contention between the Vatican and Beijing, and the implications of a universal Catholic Church. This edited volume is the product of scholars of various backgrounds, specialties and agendas bringing forth their most treasured understandings and findings regarding the Chinese Catholic Church. The chapters in this book covering the church from 1900 to the present trace the development of the Church in China from many historical and disciplinary vantage points, and shed light on the way forward.

Author Biography

Cindy Yik-yi Chu is a Professor of History and the Associate Director of the David C. Lam Institute for East–West Studies (LEWI) at Hong Kong Baptist University, China. Her books include, among others, The Catholic Church in China (2012), Chinese Communists and Hong Kong Capitalists: 1937–1997 (2010), The Diaries of the Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921–1966 (2007), Foreign Communities in Hong Kong, 1840s–1950s (2005), and The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921–1969 (2004).

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editor's Notes
Dates for Chinese Historical Periods and Events
Vatican History (List of Popes)
List of Images
Preface

1.Chinese Catholicism: An Overview; Cindy Yik-yi Chu
2.Writing the History of the Catholic Church in China: Historiography, 1900–Present; Patrick M. W. Taveirne
PART I: Catholic Missions in Local China
3.American Jesuits and the China Mission: The Woodstock Letters, 1900–1969; Mark DeStephano
4.Out of the Ashes: Remembrance and Reconstruction in Catholic Shanxi, 1900–Present; Anthony E. Clark
5.Vincentian Missionaries in Jiangxi Province: Extending an American Catholic Community to China, 1921–1951; John Harney
PART II: Religion, Politics, and Culture: Cross-Cultural Issues in the Chinese Catholic Church
6.Ending Civil Patronage: The Beginning of a New Era for the Catholic Missions in China, 1926; Sergio Ticozzi
7.Catholic Bible Translation in Twentieth-Century China: An Overview; Daniel K. T. Choi & George K. W. Mak
8.Indigenizing Catholic Architecture in China: From Western-Gothic to Sino-Christian Design, 1900–1940; Thomas Coomans
PART III: Catholicism and Politics in the Post-Mao Period
9.China and the Vatican, 1979–Present; Cindy Yik-yi Chu
10.Taiwan's Role in the Chinese Catholic Church: The Bridging Endeavor; Beatrice Leung & Wen-ban Kuo

11.Sino-Vatican Relations under Pope Benedict XVI: From Promising Beginnings to Overt Confrontation; Jean-Paul Wiest
CONCLUSION: The Church in China Today and the Road Ahead
12.The Catholic Church's Role in the African Diaspora in Guangzhou, China; Shanshan Lan
13.The Task of Religion in Secular Society: The Challenges Ahead for Christianity in China; Ambrose Ih-Ren Mong