Overview
- Examines the place and relevance of Catholicism in China
- Traces the origins of the Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood in Hong Kong and their history up to the early 1970s
- Studies the growth of an indigenous community of Chinese sisters, who acquired a formal status in the local and universal Catholic Church
Part of the book series: Christianity in Modern China (CMC)
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About this book
This book traces the origins of the Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood in Hong Kong and their history up to the early 1970s, and contributes to the neglected area of Chinese Catholic women in the history of the Chinese Catholic Church. It studies the growth of an indigenous community of Chinese sisters, who acquired a formal status in the local and universal Catholic Church, and the challenge of identifying Chinese Catholic women in studies dealing with the Chinese Church in the first half of the twentieth century, as these women remained "faceless" and "nameless" in contrast to their Catholic male counterparts of the period. Emphasizing the intertwining histories of the Hong Kong Church, the churches in China, and the Roman Catholic Church, it demonstrates how the history of the Precious Blood Congregation throws light on the formation and development of indigenous groups of sisters in contemporary China.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Cindy Yik-yi Chu is Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University. She has published a number of books on the Catholic Church and the Catholic sisters in China and Hong Kong, such as Catholicism in China, 1900-Present (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood and the Evolution of the Catholic Church
Authors: Cindy Yik-yi Chu
Series Title: Christianity in Modern China
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1853-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1852-7Published: 16 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9462-0Published: 05 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-1853-4Published: 09 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2730-7875
Series E-ISSN: 2730-7883
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 207
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Religion and Gender, History of China, Catholicism