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Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series 69

Ancestors, Virgins, and Friars

Christianity as a Local Religion in Late Imperial China

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$49.95 • £36.95 • €45.00

ISBN 9780674035966

Publication: May 2010

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450 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

5 halftones, 3 maps

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  • Maps and Figures
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Introduction: “Truly Unfathomable”?
  1. Fuan Literati, Jesuits, and Spanish Friars
  2. Becoming Local: Conflict with Gods and Ancestors, 1634–1645
  3. The Golden Age of Opportunity, 1645–1723
  4. Suppression and Persistence, 1723–1840s
  5. The Christians of Fuan
  6. Christian Religious Fellowship in Mindong: Priests, Rituals, and Lay Institutions
  7. Filial Piety, Ancestral Rituals, and Salvation
  8. Virginity, Chastity, and Sex
  • Conclusion—Ruptures: Fuan After the Opium Wars
  • Notes on Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Awards

  • 2011 Joseph Levenson Book Prize, Pre-1900 Category, China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies
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