Teilw. zugl.: Diss. / Defining the research parameters -- Aims and structure -- Our sources : a word of caution -- Geography -- Through inculturation to Chinese Christianity -- Accommodation and inculturation -- Japan's hidden Christians -- The evolution of Chinese Christianity -- Christian missions and popular religious culture -- The philosophical background -- Christianity and the Manchurian elite -- Late imperial Christianity : popular cult or alien creed? -- Filial sons and a world of demons -- Ancestral tablets and auspicious inscriptions -- Interaction with other movements -- Peasant millenarianism and Christian theology -- Guilt, sin, universal harmony -- Healing and black magic -- Death and afterlife -- Materialism and superstition : attitudes towards religious discipline -- Matrimony and filial duty -- Inherited identity in Christian villages -- Itinerant Christians, private religious practice, and the interest of the state -- A protective father : official perceptions of Christian and government -- Action against sectarian movements -- The philosophical basis for anti-heresy campaigns -- The Confucian order and the importance of family ties -- State-sanctioned orthodoxy and heresy -- Christianity as target : a chronology of state action -- The Yongzheng Edict of 1724 -- The Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns (1736-1821) -- The Adeodato Affair and the Persecution of 1805 -- The Persecution of 1811 and its aftermath -- Relaxation of anti-Christian state action during the Daoguang period -- The perplexed official : Christianity as heterodox mystery -- The official description of heresy -- Heretical writings -- Christianity as internal menace -- Between social control and official paranoia -- Poverty and persecution -- The state versus Christian heresy -- Christianity as alien intrusion -- Conclusion : Chinese Christianity and the fear of heresy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:OCLC/oai:xtcat.oclc.org:OCLCNo/248877472 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Laamann, Lars Peter, |
| Publisher | London [u.a.] : Routledge, |
| Source Sets | OCLC |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Coverage | China China |
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