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China Gothic: Indigenous' Church Design In Late-Imperial Beijing, Anthony E. Clark
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 …
Recovering China's Past: Missionary Photographs Of Late-Imperial And Republican China In Western Archives, Anthony E. Clark
Recovering China's Past: Missionary Photographs Of Late-Imperial And Republican China In Western Archives, Anthony E. Clark
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The Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard, once wrote that, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” And Confucius noted: “Study the past if your would define the future.” Thus, to effectively prepare for the future, the past must be recovered, and among the most untouched sources of China’s late-imperial and Republican Era history are the many Western missionary archives, which contain large repositories of important imagistic history of Chinese persons and culture – political, artistic, religious, architectural, and scientific. This paper approaches historical questions regarding Sino-Foreign cultural relations and exchanges by exploring how missionary photographs help …
Vincentian Footprints In China: The Lives, Deaths, And Legacies Of Francis Clet, Cm, And John Gabriel Perboyre, Cm, Anthony E. Clark
Vincentian Footprints In China: The Lives, Deaths, And Legacies Of Francis Clet, Cm, And John Gabriel Perboyre, Cm, Anthony E. Clark
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The American poet and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), once wrote that, “The mass of men worry themselves into nameless graves while here and there a great unselfish soul forgets himself into immortality.” And in this vein Vincent de Paul (1581- 1660) said that, “Love is inventive to infinity.” I would like to begin my comments about the Vincentian footprints in China by acknowledging that, based on my research, the Lazarist footprints there were at their root directed toward the goal of charity. And while I will necessarily recount instances of conflict, both cultural and religious, I acknowledge that much …
Conflict And Accommodation--Matteo Ricci's Approach To Catholic Evangelization In China, Anthony E. Clark
Conflict And Accommodation--Matteo Ricci's Approach To Catholic Evangelization In China, Anthony E. Clark
History Faculty Scholarship
Saint Anthony of Padua Institute Lecture
Mandarins And Martyrs Of Shanxi In Late-Imperial China, Anthony E. Clark
Mandarins And Martyrs Of Shanxi In Late-Imperial China, Anthony E. Clark
History Faculty Scholarship
Ricci Institute Series: Sowing the Field of Christian Missions
Resistance And Accommodation: The Catholic Church In Post-Mao China, Anthony E. Clark
Resistance And Accommodation: The Catholic Church In Post-Mao China, Anthony E. Clark
History Faculty Scholarship
The Catholic Bishop of Shanghai, Gong Pinmei, who was imprisoned from 1955-1985 for being a "counter-revolutionary," once said: "If we renounce our faith, we will disappear and there will not be a resurrection. If we are faithful, we will disappear, but there will be a resurrection." For China's Catholic Community, the knotty problem of how to faithfully retain and practice religious belief has resulted in a highly complex system of resistance and accommodation. Two communities have emerged in China's Catholic landscape, the "underground" church that navigates precariously outside of party sanction, and the "aboveground" church that operates under the watchful …