Catholicism in China, 1900-Present, 2014 The Development of the Chinese Church

This volume is the product of scholars of various backgrounds, specialties and agendas bringing forth their most treasured findings regarding the Chinese Catholic Church. The chapters in this book covering the church from 1900 to the present trace the development of the Church in China from many historical and disciplinary vantage points.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor's Notes Dates for Chinese Historical Periods and Events Vatican History (List of Popes) List of Images Preface 1. Chinese Catholicism: An Overview; Cindy Yik-yi Chu 2. Writing the History of the Catholic Church in China: Historiography, 1900–Present; Patrick M. W. Taveirne PART I: Catholic Missions in Local China 3. American Jesuits and the China Mission: The Woodstock Letters, 1900–1969; Mark DeStephano 4. Out of the Ashes: Remembrance and Reconstruction in Catholic Shanxi, 1900–Present; Anthony E. Clark 5. Vincentian Missionaries in Jiangxi Province: Extending an American Catholic Community to China, 1921–1951; John Harney PART II: Religion, Politics, and Culture: Cross-Cultural Issues in the Chinese Catholic Church 6. Ending Civil Patronage: The Beginning of a New Era for the Catholic Missions in China, 1926; Sergio Ticozzi 7. Catholic Bible Translation in Twentieth-Century China: An Overview; Daniel K. T. Choi & George K. W. Mak 8. Indigenizing Catholic Architecture in China: From Western-Gothic to Sino-Christian Design, 1900–1940; Thomas Coomans PART III: Catholicism and Politics in the Post-Mao Period 9. China and the Vatican, 1979–Present; Cindy Yik-yi Chu 10. Taiwan's Role in the Chinese Catholic Church: The Bridging Endeavor; Beatrice Leung & Wen-ban Kuo 11. Sino-Vatican Relations under Pope Benedict XVI: From Promising Beginnings to Overt Confrontation; Jean-Paul Wiest CONCLUSION: The Church in China Today and the Road Ahead 12. The Catholic Church's Role in the African Diaspora in Guangzhou, China; Shanshan Lan 13. The Task of Religion in Secular Society: The Challenges Ahead for Christianity in China; Ambrose Ih-Ren Mong

Anthony E. Clarky, Whitworth University, USA John Harney, DePaul University, USA Yuwu Shan, University College of Cork, National University of Ireland, Ireland Shanshan Lan, Hong Kong Baptist University, China Sergio Ticozzi, Holy Spirit Study Centre, Hong Kong, China Paul P. Mariani, Santa Clara University, USA Daniel K.T. Choi, Lutheran Theological Seminary George K.W. Mak, Hong Kong Baptist University, China Thomas Coomans, University of Leuven, Belgium Mark DeStephano, S.J., Saint Peter's University, USA Beatrice Leung, Wenzao Ursuline College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Wen-Ban Kuo, National Taipei University, Taiwan Ambrose Ih-Ren Mong, O.P., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China