TY - BOOK AU - Clark,Anthony E. TI - Heaven in conflict: Franciscans and the Boxer uprising in Shanxi SN - 9780295805405 AV - BX3646.C5 C53 2014 U1 - 951/.035 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Seattle and London PB - University of Washington Press KW - Franciscans KW - China KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 19th century KW - fast KW - HISTORY KW - Asia KW - bisacsh KW - Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 KW - Chine KW - Histoire KW - 1899-1901 (Révolte des Boxers) KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chronology of Franciscans in China -- Map of Shanxi -- Prologue: war of the immortals -- The drought and the heavenly battle -- Taiyuan, from mission to diocese -- Boxers and local gods -- Catholics and foreign gods -- The deluge and the earthly battle -- Red lantern women and Franciscan sisters -- Friars, magistrates, and the fists of righteous harmony -- Revenge and reconstruction N2 - One of the most violent episodes of China's Boxer Uprising was the Taiyuan Massacre of 1900, in which rebels killed foreign missionaries and thousands of Chinese Christians. This first sustained scholarly account of the uprising to focus on Shanxi Province illuminates the religious and cultural beliefs on both sides of the conflict and shows how they came to clash UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=934536 ER -