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Books on: jesuit china

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Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology

Book by D. E. Mungello; University of Hawaii Press, 1989

Subjects:

China--Study And Teaching--Europe--History--17th Century, Jesuits--Missions--China--History--17th Century

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Jesuits--Missions--China--History--17th century. 2...the Confucian Classics by the China Jesuits in Confucius Sinarum philosophus...contradicted the outlook of the China Jesuits. Whereas the missionaries admired...
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Christianity in China: A Scholars's Guide to Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States

Book by Archie R. Crouch, Steven Agoratus, Arthur Emerson, Debra E. Soled; M. E. Sharpe, 1989

Subjects:

Archival Resources--United States, China--Church History--Archival Resources--Directories, China--Church History--Library Resources--Directories, Christianity--China--Archival Resources--Directories, Christianity--China--Library Resources--Directories, Library Resources--United States

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, the California Jesuit Missionaries, The Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History...Sisters of St. Dominic, National Council of Churches of Christ China Program, Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Division of International...
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The Image of China in Western Social and Political Thought

Book by David Martin Jones; Palgrave, 2001

Subjects:

China--Foreign Public Opinion, Orientalism, Political Science--Europe--History, Political Science--North America--History, Social Sciences--Europe--History, Social Sciences--North America--History

Collections: Entire Library

This book examines how China has been portrayed in European and North American social and political thought. Such a question immediately evokes the spectre of orientalism and subsequent chapters explore whether the identification of an orientalist project invalidates the knowledge claims of European ...
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This book examines how China has been portrayed in European and North American social and political thought. Such a question immediately evokes the spectre of orientalism and subsequent chapters explore whether the identification of an orientalist project invalidates the knowledge claims of European and North American social and political thought as it evolved from the 18th to the 20th century.
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China in the Sixteenth Century: the Journals of Matthew Ricci, 1583-1610

Book by Louis J. Gallagher, Matthew Ricci; Random House, 1953

Subjects:

Jesuits--China, Jesuits--Missions, Missions--China

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...first universally known Jesuit missionaries in China. The Ricci method of...narrative account of the China Mission from the first Jesuit settlement at Macao in...sixteenth-century discovery of China by the Jesuits. Our present work might...
5.

The West in Russia and China: China, 1582-1949 - Vol. 2

Book by Donald W. Treadgold; Westview Press, 1985

Subjects:

China--Civilization--Western Influences, Soviet Union--Civilization--Western Influences

Collections: History, Entire Library

...1582 of the first Westerners in China, the Jesuits, the possibility of significant...isolated instance. The first Jesuit in China, Matteo Ricci, succeeded in locating...educated class; 8 out of the 16 Jesuits in China were Chinese, 44 though none...

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Journal Articles on: jesuit china

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Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome: A Descriptive Catalogue: Japonica-Sinica I-IV

Journal article by Elisabetta Corsi; China Review International, Vol. 10, 2003

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome: A Descriptive Catalogue: Japonica-Sinica I-IV (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...most productive period of Jesuit residence in China, from 1583 to 1721. For...seventeenth century, all Jesuit correspondence from China had to be dispatched via...they became available, the China-based Jesuit missionaries began sending...
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The Mercurian Project: Forming Jesuit Culture, 1573-1580

Journal article by Norman Tanner; Theological Studies, Vol. 66, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Mercurian Project: Forming Jesuit Culture, 1573-1580 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...but somewhat separate branch of study. John OMalleys The First Jesuits (1993), which looms large in the background of the present volume...editor recognizes. The countries of Western Europe, Brazil, China, and Japan, are nicely covered, as are the themes of prayer...
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"Scholar from the West": Giulio Aleni S. J

Journal article by Franklin J. Woo; China Review International, Vol. 8, 2001

Subjects:

"Scholar from the West": Aleni S.J. (1582-1649) and the Dialogue between Christianity and China (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...part of the second generation of Jesuits in China. Aleni is not as well known as...Rites Controversy" involving China, the Jesuits, the opposition Dominicans and...Ricci," in East Meets West: The Jesuits in China, 1582-1773, ed. Charles B. Ronan...
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Elisabettta Corsi. la Fabrica De Las Illusiones: Los Jesuitas Y la Difusion De la Perspectiva Lineal En China, (1698-1766)

Journal article by John W. Witek; China Review International, Vol. 12, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, La fdbrica de las illusiones: Los Jesuitas y la difusion de la perspectiva lineal en China, (1698-1766) (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Las Illusiones: Los Jesuitas Y la Difusion De la Perspectiva Lineal En China, (1698-1766...las illusiones: Los Jesuitas y la difusion de la perspectiva lineal en China, (1698-1766). Centro...fascinating study on the Jesuits and the diffusion...eighteenth-century China. This monograph portrays...
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Koen De Ridder, Editor. Footsteps in Deserted Valleys: Missionary Cases, Strategies and Practice in Qing China

Journal article by Timothy G. Conkling; China Review International, Vol. 11, 2004

Subjects:

Authentic Chinese Christianity: Preludes to Its Development (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Footsteps in Deserted Valleys: Missionary Cases, Strategies and Practice in Qing China (Book)--Book reviews, Missionary Approaches and Linguistics in Mainland China and Taiwan (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Understanding Mission and the Jesuits Shifting Approaches toward China," by Jean-Paul Wiest...indirect" strategies of Jesuit missionaries to China during two different...of Salvation and China," Gianni Criveller...the writings of the Jesuit missionary Giulio...

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Magazine Articles on: jesuit china

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Why China Doesn't Scare Me

Magazine article by Karl Zinsmeister; The American Enterprise, Vol. 9, July 1998

Subjects:

China--Politics and government, United States--Relations with China

Collections: Entire Library

...missionaries left behind absolutely no trace. Halfway through the second millennium, a great and talented Jesuit mission again arrived in China to bring the Word. Centuries later, they too left in failure. Chinas culture is one of the most ancient...
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Is China Becoming Democratic?

Magazine article by Henry S. Rowen, James R. Lilley; The American Enterprise, Vol. 9, July 1998

Subjects:

China--Politics and government, Democracy--International aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...encourage this? Before answering, consider Yale professor Jonathan Spences book To Change China. Spence describes the failed attempts of foreigners, from the Jesuit Matteo Ricci in the seventeenth century to General George Marshall in the twentieth...
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Rome Apologizes, but China Doesn't Budge

Magazine article; The Christian Century, Vol. 118, December 5, 2001

Subjects:

China--Relations with Vatican City, John Paul II, Pope--Foreign relations, Vatican City--Relations with China

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...symposium in Rome marking the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci in Beijing. Organizers of the symposium...Beijing on November 8, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said China "is ready to improve relations with the Holy See as soon as...
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The Sisters of Shanghai: A Congregation of Nuns Flourishes in China

Magazine article by Adam Minter; Commonweal, Vol. 132, August 12, 2005

Subjects:

China--Religious aspects, Nuns--History, Nuns--Influence

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...began arriving in China in the mid-nineteenth...In 1855, a French Jesuit bishop of Shanghai...presence throughout China. Those missions ended...emperors. In 1565 the Jesuits established a mission...and in 1582, the Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrived...traveling widely in China. Ricci immersed himself...
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The Macartney Embassy to China, 1792-94

Magazine article by Paul Gillingham; History Today, Vol. 43, November 1993

Subjects:

China--History, Diplomacy--History, International relations--History, United Kingdom--History, 1714-1901 (Hanoverians)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...tendency to idealise China, largely as a result of the writings of European Jesuits who had access to the...earlier, idealised, Jesuit versions of China. There is not a water-closet...some, especially the Jesuits in China at the time, believed...

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Newspaper Articles on: jesuit china

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China and the Holy Cross

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 4, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...did in Vietnam. Such a pre-condition is unreasonable." One should remember that Roman Catholicism entered China in the early 1600s when Jesuit Matteo Ricci "persuaded" Emperor Wan Li by presenting gifts of clocks and maps. Thus far, the Chinese government...
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European Music Proves Instrumental for China

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 8, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Centers monthlong "Festival of China" brings to the nations capital...history, you can blame this on the Jesuits. In addition to spreading Christianity...1601, Matteo Ricci, an Italian Jesuit, gave a clavichord to Chinese...There was nothing like it in China. Members of his court were given...
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The Briefs

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 13, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...United States. Rare works in jade, cloissone and ceramics, a gold-lacquered throne, paintings by Jesuit artist Guiseppe Castiglione depict a time when China was richer than all of Europe combined. This is the largest exhibition ever to have left the...
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Shogun Marriage

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 18, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...their guns. The first Dutch and English sailors to arrive in China were expecting to find wonderful things, and a powerful empire...fashion accessory. And they copied the hairstyles of the monks and Jesuit priests who were briefly allowed to preach there. For a while...
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Culture Visual Arts: Rewarding Aspects on 2,000 Years of Chinese Art; Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Is Seeing in the Chinese New Year with the First Glimpse of an Outstanding Bequest, Writes Terry Grimley

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 19, 2008

Subjects:

Museums

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...hundreds of thousands of items were arriving in London each year, influencing British manufacturers. Jesuit priests introduced Christianity to China in the 16th century, and one showcase is dedicated to items with a Christian theme. As it happens...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: jesuit china

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Ch'Ing

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...northern extent of the Manchurian boundary at the Argun River. When Jesuit missionaries appeared, Kang-Hsi issued (1692) an edict of toleration...early 18th cent. Under Emperor Chien-lung (reigned 1735 96), China attained its greatest territorial expansion: Outer Mongolia...
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Teilhard De Chardin, Pierre

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...philosopher. He entered (1899) the Jesuit order, was ordained (1911...Catholique in Paris. After visiting China (1923 24), he resumed teaching...abandon teaching and return to China because of his controversial...Shortly after his return to China, Teilhard was named adviser...
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Amyot, Joseph

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

AMYOT, JOSEPH zhozef amyo , 1718 1794?, French Roman Catholic missionary in China, a Jesuit. He wrote a long treatise on the history, sciences, and customs of the Chinese (15 vol., 1776 89). He was one of the first Europeans...
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K'Ang-Hsi

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the arts and sciences. Kang-hsi conquered the feudatories of S China (1673 81), took Taiwan (1683), established Chinas first diplomatic...inspection earned him a reputation for benevolence. He employed Jesuit missionaries to map the empire and to teach mathematics and...
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Rizal, JosÉ

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...poet, and physician, b. Calamba, Laguna prov. He studied at a Jesuit school in Manila, at the Univ. of Madrid (M.D., 1884; Ph.D...soon after his return home in 1887. He lived successively in China, Japan, the United States, England, and France, before establishing...

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