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The Virgin Mary and Catholic Identities in Chinese History

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The Chinese Catholic Church traces its living roots back to the late sixteenth century and its historical roots back even further, to the Yuan dynasty. This book explores paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary...
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Price: £42.00
Pages: 314
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date: 02 August 2013
Trim Size: 9.10 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9789888139996
Format: Hardcover
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"In this path-breaking work the author asks, 'How are Chinese Catholic identities expressed through images?' In answering this, he skillfully interweaves the different ways in which the Virgin Mary has been depicted in Chinese iconography with the changin
Fr. Jeremy Clarke, SJ, is an Australian Province Jesuit teaching as an assistant professor in the History Department of Boston College. He is also a school visitor in the Australian Center for China in the World at the Australian National University, Canberra.