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The first book-length study of China's Catholic martyr saints, this work recounts the cultural, religious, and economic conflicts that unfolded during China's Qing dynasty (1644-1911). China's Saints considers closely the personal and public lives of both missionaries and Chinese converts lived during China's late-imperial era.

Christian saints --- Christian martyrs --- Catholic Church --- History --- China --- Church history --- -27 <51> --- 235.3 <5> --- 235.3*7 --- S13B/0400 --- Saints --- Canonization --- Kerkgeschiedenis--China --- Hagiografie--Azië --- Martelaren --- China: Christianity--Roman Catholicism: general works --- -Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- History. --- Church history. --- -History. --- 235.3*7 Martelaren --- 27 <51> --- Martyrs --- Martyrdom --- Christianity --- Church of Rome --- Christian saints - Biography --- Christian martyrs - China --- Chine --- Martyres Sinenses --- China - Church history

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As China struggled to redefine itself at the turn of the twentieth century, nationalism, religion, and material culture intertwined in revealing ways. This phenomenon is evident in the twin biographies of North China's leading Catholic bishop of the time, Alphonse Favier (1837-1905), and the Beitang cathedral, epicenter of the Roman Catholic mission in China through incarnations that began in 1701. After its relocation and reconstruction under Favier's supervision, the cathedral-and Favier-miraculously survived a two-month siege in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. Featuring a French Gothic Revival design augmented by Chinese dragon-shaped gargoyles, marble balustrades in the style of Daoist and Buddhist temples, and other Chinese aesthetic flourishes, Beitang remains an icon of Sino-Western interaction. Anthony Clark draws on archival materials from the Vatican and collections in France, Italy, China, Poland, and the United States to trace the prominent role of French architecture in introducing Western culture and Catholicism to China. A principal device was the aesthetic imagined by the Gothic Revival movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the premier example of this in China being the Beitang cathedral. Bishop Favier's biography is a lens through which to examine Western missionaries' role in colonial endeavors and their complex relationship with the Chinese communities in which they lived and worked.

Gothic revival (Architecture) --- Architecture, French --- Nationalism and architecture --- Architecture and nationalism --- Nationalism in architecture --- Architecture --- French architecture --- Architecture, Gothic --- Gothic revival (Art) --- Architecture, Victorian --- Favier, Alphonse, --- Fan, Guoliang, --- Favier-Duperron, Pierre-Marie-Alphonse, --- Catholic Church --- Xishiku Cathedral (Beijing, China) --- 西什库天主堂 --- Beitang Cathedral --- Pé-T'ang --- 北堂 --- Missions --- History. --- Bishops --- S13B/0400 --- S13B/0800 --- China: Christianity--Roman Catholicism: general works --- China: Christianity--Religious art and architecture --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교

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The Missionary's Curse tells the story of a Chinese village that has been Catholic since the seventeenth century, drawing direct connections between its history, the globalizing church, and the nation. Harrison recounts the popular folk tales of merchants and peasants who once adopted Catholic rituals and teachings for their own purposes, only to find themselves in conflict with the orthodoxy of Franciscan missionaries arriving from Italy. The village's long religious history, combined with the similarities between Chinese folk religion and Italian Catholicism, forces us to rethink the extreme violence committed in the area during the Boxer Uprising. The author also follows nineteenth century Chinese priests who campaigned against missionary control, up through the founding of the official church by the Communist Party in the 1950's. Harrison's in-depth study provides a rare insight into villager experiences during the Socialist Education Movement and Cultural Revolution, as well as the growth of Christianity in China in recent years. She makes the compelling argument that Catholic practice in the village, rather than adopting Chinese forms in a gradual process of acculturation, has in fact become increasingly similar to those of Catholics in other parts of the world.

HISTORY / Asia / General. --- Catholic Church --- History. --- Shanxi Sheng (China) --- Shan-hsi sheng (China) --- Sansei-shō (China) --- Shan-hsi sheng kung shu (China) --- Shanxi (China : Province) --- Shansi, China --- Shan-hsi sheng jen min cheng fu --- Shanxi Province (China) --- Shansi Province (China) --- Shansi (China : Province) --- 山西省 (China) --- Folklore. --- Religious life and customs. --- S13B/0400 --- China: Christianity--Roman Catholicism: general works --- Catholic Church -- China -- Shanxi Sheng -- History.. --- Shanxi Sheng (China) -- Religious life and customs.. --- Shanxi Sheng (China) -- Folklore. --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- Shanxi Sheng (China) - Religious life and customs. --- Shanxi Sheng (China) - Folklore. --- boxer rebellion. --- boxer uprising. --- catholic practice. --- catholic rituals. --- catholic. --- china. --- chinese folk religion. --- chinese history. --- chinese priests. --- chinese village. --- chinese. --- christian history. --- christianity. --- communist party. --- cultural revolution. --- engaging. --- extreme violence. --- folk tales. --- franciscan missionaries. --- global themes. --- globalizing church. --- government and governing. --- historical. --- history. --- intense. --- italian catholicism. --- political. --- power of god. --- religion. --- religious history. --- socialist education. --- stories of faith. --- villages.