Author: Butcher, Beverly J.

Remembrance, emulation, imagination : the Chinese and Chinese American Catholic ancestor memorial service
Date1994
Publish_locationAnn Arbor
PublisherUMI Dissertation Information Service
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeThesis/Dissertation
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberBV3417.B87 1994
Descriptionx, 554 p. ; 20 cm.
NoteRemembrance, emulation, imagination : the Chinese and Chinese American Catholic ancestor memorial service / Beverly J. Butcher.
Thesis (Ph. D., Folklore & Folklife)--University of Pennsylvania, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-549) and index.
Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Information Service, 1994. 20 cm.

Contents:
1. Nestorians in China: the first period: 635 A.D.-845 A.D. -- 2. Nestorians and Catholics in China: 845-1368. -- 3. European merchants, adventurers: colonizers and missionaries go East, 1495-1583. -- 4. The Jesuits establish missions in mainland China: 1580-1610. – 5. Catholic missions in mainland China: 1610-1722. -- 5. The Chinese Rites controversy: a question of method? 1643-1842. -- 7. The Twentieth Century: the Church reevaluates the 1742 bull Ex quo singulari. – 8. The evolution of the performance of the Chinese and Chinese American Catholic ancestor memorial service. 9. The ancestor memorial service flourishes throughout the United States. 10. Conclusion: a sacred and universal ceremony?
Appendices: I. Sample cover letter and survey. II. Initial interview questionnaire. III Ancestor memorial liturgies. IV. 1983 Hsin Chu, Taiwan funerary narrative.

SubjectChinese Rites controversy Christianity--China--History Chinese rites Ancestor worship--Christianity Jesuits--Missions--China--History--17th-18th centuries--Views on Chinese rites Memorial rites and ceremonies--China Funeral rites and ceremonies--Christianity Funeral rites and ceremonies, Roman Catholic--China Ancestor worship--Christianity--Liturgy--Chinese