TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sweeten,Alan Richard
TI  - China's old churches: the history, architecture, and legacy of Catholic sacred structures in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province 
T2  - Studies in the History of Christianity in East Asia
SN  - 9789004416185
AV  - NA4828 
U1  - 726.50951/15 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Leiden Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Catholic church buildings
KW  - Beijing
KW  - Tianjin
KW  - Hebei Sheng
KW  - Christianity and culture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; An introduction to old churches -- Church building and church buildings -- The historic churches of Central Beijing -- Greater Beijing's old church sites and churches -- Tianjin's old sacred structures -- Old churches in Hebei's small cities, towns, and villages -- The churches of rural Zhuozhou, past and present -- The Catholic legacy
N2  - China’s Old Churches, by Alan Sweeten, surveys the history of Catholicism in China (1600 to the present) as reflected by the location, style, and details of sacred structures in three crucial areas of north China. Closely examined are the most famous and important churches in the urban settings of Beijing and Tianjin, as well as lesser-known ones in rural Hebei Province. Missionaries built Western-looking churches to make a broad religious statement important to themselves and Chinese worshippers. Non-Catholics, however, tended to see churches as sociopolitically foreign and culturally invasive. The physical-visual impact of church buildings is significant. Today, restored old churches and new sacred structures are still mostly of Western style, but often include a sacred grotto dedicated to Our Lady of China--a growing number of Catholics supporting Marian-centered activities
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004416185
ER  -