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Heaven in conflict : Franciscans and the Boxer uprising in Shanxi / Anthony E. Clark.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Seattle and London : University of Washington Press, 2014.Edition: 1st editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780295805405
  • 0295805404
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Heaven in conflict.DDC classification:
  • 951/.035 23
LOC classification:
  • BX3646.C5 C53 2014
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)934536

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.

Print version record.

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.

English.