The Great Encounter of China and the West, 1500-1800

[...]historical reinterpretation is a necessity. The study is also successful in revealing the differences in European and Chinese Jesuit personalities and theory of mission by employing Chinese and Western biographical sketches, art criticism, philosophical principles, and cultural issues to indica...

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Published in:The Catholic historical review 2000-07, Vol.86 (3), p.539-540
Main Author: Carbonneau, Robert E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian
Chinese
Chinese culture
Christianity
Culture
Persuasion
Religion
Religious missions
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Summary:[...]historical reinterpretation is a necessity. The study is also successful in revealing the differences in European and Chinese Jesuit personalities and theory of mission by employing Chinese and Western biographical sketches, art criticism, philosophical principles, and cultural issues to indicate the multiple variables in Chinese-European interaction. Mungello persuasively concludes that " [e]lements from Western religion and painting entered Chinese culture, and some of these elements would serve as seeds that, in the case of Christianity, would take many years to bear fruit (p. 55).
ISSN:0008-8080
1534-0708
1534-0708
DOI:10.1353/cat.2000.0013