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Jesuits and matriarchs : domestic worship in early modern China /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amsler, Nadine (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Jesuits > Missions > China > History.
Jesuits.
Catholic women > Religious life > China > History.
Femmes catholiques > Chine > Vie religieuse.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Catholic women > Religious life.
Missions.
China.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Clothes make the man: the Jesuits' adoption of literati masculinity
  • A kingdom of virtuous women: Jesuit descriptions of China's moral topography
  • A source of creative tension: literati Jesuits and priestly duties
  • Strengthening the marital bond: the Christianization of Chinese marriage
  • Praying for progeny: women and Catholic spiritual remedies
  • Domestic communities: women's congregations and communal piety
  • Sharing genteel spirituality: the female networks of the Xus of Shanghai
  • A widow and her virgins: the domestic convents of Hangzhou and Nanjing
  • Fabrics of devotion: Catholic women's pious patronage
  • Women and gender in global Catholicism.