andnewinsighttodeepenourunderstandingofthemultilayered,two-wayflowofwords,beliefs,andexperiencesbetweentheWestandChinafrom1600to1900.Thesevenessaystakentogetherillustratethecomplexrealityofboundary-crossinginteractionsbetweentheseculturesanddocumenthowhybridideas,images,andidentitiesemergedinbothChinaandtheWest.Byfocusingon“in-betweenness,”theseessayschallengetheexistingEurocentricassumptionofasimpleone-wayculturalflow,withWesternmissionariestransmittingandtheChinesereceiving.
LedbySongGang,thecontributorstothisvolumecovermanyspecificaspectsofthisculturalencounterthathavereceivedlittleornoscholarlyattention:officialdecrees,memoirs,personalcorrespondences,news,rumors,musicalinstruments,andmiraclestories.Groundedinmultipleintellectualdisciplines,includingreligiousstudies,history,arts,music,andSinology,ReshapingtheBoundariesexploreshoweachofthemajorChristiantraditions—Catholic,Protestant,andEasternOrthodox—bridgedtheWestandtheEastinuniqueways.
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