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

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Chinese Catholicism: An Overview....Pages 3-12
Writing the History of the Catholic Church in China: Historiography, 1900-Present....Pages 13-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
American Jesuits and the China Mission: The Woodstock Letters, 1900–1969....Pages 27-46
Out of the Ashes: Remembrance and Reconstruction in Catholic Shanxi, 1900-Present....Pages 47-65
Vincentian Missionaries in Jiangxi Province: Extending an American Catholic Community to China, 1921–1951....Pages 67-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Ending Civil Patronage: The Beginning of a New Era for the Catholic Missions in China, 1926....Pages 87-104
Catholic Bible Translation in Twentieth-Century China: An Overview....Pages 105-123
Indigenizing Catholic Architecture in China: From Western-Gothic to Sino-Christian Design, 1900–1940....Pages 125-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
China and the Vatican, 1979-Present....Pages 147-167
Taiwan’s Role in the Chinese Catholic Church: The Bridging Endeavor....Pages 169-187
Sino-Vatican Relations under Pope Benedict XVI: From Promising Beginnings to Overt Confrontation....Pages 189-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
The Catholic Church’s Role in the African Diaspora in Guangzhou, China....Pages 219-236
The Task of Religion in Secular Society: The Challenges Ahead for Christianity in China....Pages 237-251
Back Matter....Pages 253-264