The Habit that Hides the Monk
Professor Eugenio Menegon has recently published an article on missionaries and clothing in China. “‘The Habit That Hides the Monk’: Missionary Fashion Strategies in Late Imperial Chinese Society and Court Culture.” In Catholic Missionaries in Early Modern Asia: Patterns of Localization, edited by Nadine Amsler, Andreea Badea, Bernard Heyberger, and Christian Windler. London: Routledge, 2019
Quid pro Quo? Missionaries and Their ‘Skill Capital’ in Qing Beijing
In the eighteenth century around thirty European Catholic missionaries lived in Beijing, partly employed in technical and artistic services at the imperial palace and at the Directorate of Astronomy, and partly engaged in religious work. Starting in 1724, however, the Yongzheng Emperor forbade Christianity in the provinces. Yet the foreigners, with semi-official permission, continued missionizing […]
Maryknoll 2019
This year’s meeting of the Eastern Fellowship of Professors of Mission held at Maryknoll was attended by 57 people from a total of 16 institutions—a record number on both accounts. The theme of “Visualizing Mission” fired the imagination of presenters and participants alike. On Friday, Maryknoll Father Larry Lewis unveiled jewels of “God images” and […]
Aristocratic Patronesses of the Chinese Catholic Mission
What do a Chinese élite lady in Shanghai, a Portuguese duchess in Madrid, an Austrian queen in Lisbon, and a Bavarian countess in Augsburg all have in common? These women, in spite of distance in time and space, all became revered patronesses of the Jesuit missions in China in the early modern period. Candida Xu […]
Coram Deo
Gina Zurlo (’17) Named as One of BBC’s 100 Women of 2019
Dr. Gina Zurlo, Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity, has been named one of the BBC’s 100 Women of 2019. She is recognized as a scholar of religion and an expert in religion statistics. As a part of the BBC’s 100 Women, Dr. Zurlo will be speaking in Delhi next week […]
The Archives of the Holy See
Winter Workshop: The Archives of the Holy See: an Introduction, Rome, 20th -24th January 2020 Organized by the Sangalli Institute The seminar will include lectures/laboratories on the following topics: Introduction to Archival Research in Rome; The Vatican Secret Archives: Brief History and Structure; Archival Research in the Archives of the Fabbrica di San Pietro; Archival […]
Chinese Christian Poster Workshop
Baylor University Press sponsored a weekend workshop on Chinese Christian posters. Together (L-R), Lian Xi, Joseph Ho, Chloe Starr, Dana Robert, Francisca Ireland-Verwoerd, Daryl Ireland, Peter Zarrow, and Cade Jarrell outlined a volume on Christian posters and how they illuminate Chinese Christian identity and Chinese history.
Mission Week
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary will host a three day conference on “Re-imaging Global Mission,” October 1-3, 2019. Allen Yeh from BIOLA and Dana L. Robert will be the keynote speakers.
New Book: Indian Trinitarian Theology of Missio Dei
The Trinity, which has been left out for long as an esoteric mystery, has recaptured the imagination of theologians and elicited remarkable trinitarian formulations from across theological traditions. This contemporary development has forced the church to review its dogma, spirituality, and Christian practices through the lens of this central doctrine of the Christian faith. One […]