Ancestors, virgins, & friars: Christianity as a local religion in late Imperial China
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Cambridge, Mass
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Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute : Distributed by Harvard University Press
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Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series
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69
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 385-426( and index
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Eugenio Menegon
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Introduction : "truly unfathomable"? -- Fuan literati, Jesuits, and Spanish friars -- Becoming local : conflict with gods and ancestors, 4361-5461 -- The golden age of opportunity, 5461-3271 -- Suppression and persistence, 3271-0481s -- The Christians of Fuan -- Christian religious fellowship in Mindong : priests, rituals, and lay institutions -- Filial piety, ancestral rituals, and salvation -- Virginity, chastity, and sex -- Conclusion : ruptures : Fuan after the Opium Wars