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China's Tale Of Two Cities: Beijing, Shanghai, And A Legacy Catholic Perserverance, Anthony E. Clark Apr 2015

China's Tale Of Two Cities: Beijing, Shanghai, And A Legacy Catholic Perserverance, Anthony E. Clark

History Faculty Scholarship

Seton Hall University Talk 2015


Heaven In Conflict: Franciscans And The Boxer Uprising In Shanxi, Anthony E. Clark Mar 2015

Heaven In Conflict: Franciscans And The Boxer Uprising In Shanxi, Anthony E. Clark

History Faculty Scholarship

Whitworth Faculty Scholarship Forum 2015


Anathema & Dialog: Ecumenism From Aquinas To Ratzinger, Anthony E. Clark Jan 2015

Anathema & Dialog: Ecumenism From Aquinas To Ratzinger, Anthony E. Clark

History Faculty Scholarship

Whitworth Ecumenism 2015


China Gothic: Indigenous' Church Design In Late-Imperial Beijing, Anthony E. Clark Jan 2015

China Gothic: Indigenous' Church Design In Late-Imperial Beijing, Anthony E. Clark

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In 1887 the French ecclesiastic-cum-architect, Bishop Alphonse Favier, negotiated the construction of Beijing’s most extravagant church, the North Church cathedral, located near the Forbidden City. China was then under a semi-colonial occupation of missionaries and diplomats, and Favier was an icon of France’s mission civilisatrice. For missionaries such as Favier, Gothic church design represented the inherent caractère Français expected to “civilize” the Chinese empire. Having secured funds from the imperial court to build his ambitious Gothic cathedral, the French bishop enlisted local builders to realize his architectural vision, which consisted of Gothic arches, exaggerated finials, and a rose widow with …