scholarly journals Carl S. Kilcourse, Taiping Theology. The Localization of Christianity in China, 1843–64, Palgrave Macmillan, Nottingham 2016, XVIII, 281 ss., 8 il.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (0) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Piotr Popiołek
Keyword(s):  
Christianity In China

Christianity in China: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present

1998 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Kathleen L. Lodwick ◽  
Daniel H. Bays ◽  
Jun Xing
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Christianity In China

Yin-Yang (Yijing) and the Bible

2021 ◽  
pp. 200-218
Author(s):  
Claudia von Collani
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Old Chinese ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Christianity In China ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Critical Method ◽  
Chinese Religions ◽  
Catholic Mission ◽  
Early Modern Times ◽  
The Way

Chinese religions, philosophy, and especially Confucianism constituted a great challenge for the Catholic mission since its beginnings in China in early modern times. This essay looks at the way the missionaries, especially the Jesuits, made several attempts to solve the problem. Niccolò Longobardo s.j., for example, refused to use Chinese terms for the Christian God, dismissing them as insufficient or atheistic. Most Jesuits, however, advocated for terms such as Tian, Shangdi, Tianzhu, and Taiji for God in China. The Mandate of the Vicar Apostolic Charles Maigrot m.e.p., prohibiting the use of the Yijing and Taiji as the Chinese name for God, became a great challenge for Joachim Bouvet s.j. in developing his Figurism. With this system, he found complements for Christianity in China and created a new theology combining Eastern and Western ideas. These efforts were stopped by the prohibition of the Chinese rites and by the historical-critical method for reading the old Chinese books.

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