The Catholic Invasion of China: Remaking Chinese Christianity (Critical Issues in World and International History)

Synopsis

In This Important Work, D. E. Mungello Corrects A Major Misreading Of Chinese History By Arguing That Christianity Did Not Die Out In China After The Communist Takeover. Instead, The Growth Of An Indigenous Church In The Twentieth Century Transformed The Negative Aspects Of The Catholic Invasion Into A Positive Chinese Religious Force. Catholicism And Western Imperialism In China -- Spiritual Domination By European Catholics In Nineteenth-century China -- European Resistance To The Emergence Of An Indigenous Catholic Church -- Love And Hysteria In Catholic Orphanages In China -- Sexual Domination By Catholic Priests In China -- The Misreading Of The Missionary 'debacle' In China. D.e. Mungello. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.