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 […]

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 […]

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 […]