From Rome to Beijing: sacred spaces in dialogue
"From Rome to Beijing: Sacred Spaces in Dialogue, edited by Daniel M. Greenberg and Mari Yoko Hara, explores the relationship between Jesuit enterprise and Ming-Qing China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Jesuit order's global corporation grew increasingly influential withi...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2024]
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| In: |
East and West (17)
Year: 2024 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | East and West
17 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Jesuits
/ Cultural contact
/ History 1600-1800
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| Further subjects: | B
Christianity and culture (China)
History 18th century
B Collection of essays B Jesuits Missions (China) History 18th century B Jesuits Missions (China) History 17th century B Christianity and culture (China) History 17th century |
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| Summary: | "From Rome to Beijing: Sacred Spaces in Dialogue, edited by Daniel M. Greenberg and Mari Yoko Hara, explores the relationship between Jesuit enterprise and Ming-Qing China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Jesuit order's global corporation grew increasingly influential within the Chinese court after 1582, in no small part due to the two institution's shared interests in artistic and scientific matters. The paintings, astronomical instruments, spiritual texts and sacred buildings engendered through this encounter tell fascinating stories of cross-cultural communication and miscommunication. This volume approaches early modern East-West exchange as a site of cultural (rather than commercial) negotiations, where two sets of traditions and values intersected and diverged"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 324 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-69336-4 |
