Ancestors, Virgins, & Friars: Christianity as a Local Religion in Late Imperial China

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Christianity is often praised as an agent of Chinese modernization or damned as a form of cultural and religious imperialism. In both cases, Christianity's foreignness and the social isolation of converts have dominated this debate. Eugenio Menegon uncovers another story. In the sixteenth century, European missionaries brought a foreign and global religion to China. Converts then transformed this new religion into a local one over the course of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674035968

ISBN13:9780674035966

Release Date:May 2010

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:450 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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History Religion Religion & Spirituality

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