Missionary Approaches and Linguistics in Mainland China and Taiwan
This book offers a series of attempts at analyzing the place of Christianity in traditional Chinese society from the different sociological, historical, theological and philological approaches. It is based on papers and discussions from the sixth international conference on Church activities in Qing and early Republican China (Verbiest Foundation, Leuven, 1998).\ Scholars like von Collani, Criveller, Walravens and Wiest established already a well-deserved reputation with a series of previous...
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Introduction5Mission and Matrimony11Understanding Mission and the Jesuits' Shifting Approaches toward China33Deer Hunting in Dutch Formosa59The Catholic Dominican Missionaries in Taiwan101Luo Wenzao: A Unique Role in the Seventeenth Century Church of China133Dominique Parrenin's Activities in the Manchu World of Kangxi153The Dialogues of Giulio Aleni on Christ and China. The Mystery of the Plan of Salvation and China163The Qiqi Tushuo Revisited183Missionary Linguistics on Taiwan: Dutch Language Policy and Early Formosan Literacy (1624-1662)199The Tibetan and Mongolian Manuscripts and Block-prints Preserved at the University Library of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium)253The Manchu-Mongolian Collection in the University Library of the Catholic University in Leuven (Belgium)269About the authors273
\ BooknewsFocusing primarily on the 17th century, 11 essays explore the place of the Christian mission in Chinese society from different sociological, historical, theological, and philological perspectives. Among the topics discussed are the role of women in the Chinese Catholic community, Jesuit apologetics, the Manchu-Mongolian areas of Chinese Catholicism, and the coexistence of Catholicism and Protestantism in Taiwan. Distributed in the US by Coronet Books. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
