The Missionary’s Curse tells the story of a Chinese village that has been Catholic since the seventeenth century, drawing direct connections between its history, the globalizing church, and the nation. Harrison recounts the popular folk tales of merchants and peasants who once adopted Catholic rituals and teachings for their own purposes, only to find themselves in conflict with the orthodoxy of Franciscan missionaries arriving from Italy. The village’s long religious history, combined with the similarities between Chinese folk religion and Italian Catholicism, forces us to rethink the extreme violence committed in the area during the Boxer Uprising. The author also follows nineteenth century Chinese priests who campaigned against missionary control, up through the founding of the official church by the Communist Party in the 1950s. Harrison’s in-depth study provides a rare insight into villager experiences during the Socialist Education Movement and Cultural Revolution, as well as the growth of Christianity in China in recent years. She makes the compelling argument that Catholic practice in the village, rather than adopting Chinese forms in a gradual process of acculturation, has in fact become increasingly similar to those of Catholics in other parts of the world.
“Through a brilliant analysis of Catholicism in one remote village, Harrison leads us to rethink much of the last three centuries of China’s history. Her series of beautifully written narratives challenges not just our usual understanding of Christianity’s reception, but the entire way we think about how local places fit into national and global networks of culture and trade.” —Robert P. Weller, co-author of Rethinking Pluralism: Ritual, Experience and Ambiguity
“This is one of the most fascinating books on Christianity in China that I have ever read. By following the history of one Catholic village over more than three hundred years, Henrietta Harrison convincingly shows how Chinese Christians sought authenticity as members of a transnational and global community.” —Nicolas Standaert, author of The Interweaving of Rituals
"Harrison has written an ethnographic history that will be a model for future researchers. She has linked archival research (in the Vatican's vast collections) with on-the-spot investigations of villages in north China. None of this work is easy, but the results are spectacularly successful. This is a must read for anyone interested in Chinese social history." —James L. Watson, Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, Harvard University
Henrietta Harrison is professor of modern Chinese studies at Oxford University. Among her books are The Man Awakened from Dreams: One Man’s Life in a North China Village, 1857-1942 and The making of the Republican Citizen: Ceremonies and Symbols in China.
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超好的微观史写作,山西天主教村落民间小故事+三百年中国教会史与民族志+基督教与中国本土文化关系研究
评分amazing and interesting to read the historical change!
评分想要淡化nationalism和imperialism ,但还是绕不开它们
评分我居然读过,真的好棒
评分本书和《上主的葡萄园》算是中国天主教社区研究的经典吧,国内在领域内几乎没有真正意义上的人类学研究,都偏向教徒群体网络、宗族的历史角度,避开建国以来的敏感话题。老师曾经给我指过这条区域研究路子,我无数次地设想过把历史、宗教、人类学杂糅到我的主题中,但看完这书以后,真的好心累(摔书)。。感叹沈艾娣的学术功力实在深厚,而且还懂得把故事讲得引人入胜(是否是女性研究者的一大优点呢?)!! 不过从可读性来讲,个人更欣赏《梦醒子》,可能是因为有共鸣吧。
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