Beijing diqu Jidujiao shiji yanjiu 北京地區基督教史蹟研究 / Wu Menglin 吳夢麟, Xiong Ying 熊鷹.
"本書力圖通過對基督教史蹟和文物的研究, 向讀者介紹基督教傳教士在元明清時期來華進行中西文化交流的情況, 使這批文物在研究當年"西學東漸", "東學西漸"過程中的作用能得到科學的論證與評價."--publ. note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197).

Includes greyscale rubbings of inscriptions and gravestones as well as color photographs of cemeteries and churches around Beijing 北京.

China Gothic : the bishop of Beijing and his cathedral / Anthony E. Clark ; foreword by Leland M. Roth.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

The civilizing mission : a French church on Chinese soil -- The fruits of diplomacy : building a genteel empire -- Competing shadows : Beijing's first North Church -- China Gothic : Alphonse Favier's North Church -- The contours of reconstruction : Favier and the French mission.

As China struggled to redefine itself at the turn of the twentieth century, nationalism, religion, and material culture intertwined in revealing ways. This phenomenon is evident in the twin biographies of North China's leading Catholic bishop of the time, Alphonse Favier (1837-1905), and the Beitang cathedral, epicenter of the Roman Catholic mission in China through incarnations that began in 1701. After its relocation and reconstruction under Favier's supervision, the cathedral-and Favier-miraculously survived a two-month siege in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. Featuring a French Gothic Revival design augmented by Chinese dragon-shaped gargoyles, marble balustrades in the style of Daoist and Buddhist temples, and other Chinese aesthetic flourishes, Beitang remains an icon of Sino-Western interaction. Anthony Clark draws on archival materials from the Vatican and collections in France, Italy, China, Poland, and the United States to trace the prominent role of French architecture in introducing Western culture and Catholicism to China. A principal device was the aesthetic imagined by the Gothic Revival movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the premier example of this in China being the Beitang cathedral. Bishop Favier's biography is a lens through which to examine Western missionaries' role in colonial endeavors and their complex relationship with the Chinese communities in which they lived and worked.

Local access dig.pdf. [Clark-China Gothic.pdf]

Link to Boston College Library (JSTOR)

China's old churches : the history, architecture, and legacy of Catholic sacred structures in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province / by Alan Richard Sweeten.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-403) 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.

“China's Old Churches, by Alan Sweeten, examines the history of Catholicism (1600 to the present) as reflected by the location, style, and details of sacred structures in three crucial north China areas. 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 socio-politically foreign and invasive. The physical-visual impact of church structures is significant. Today, restored old and new churches are still mostly of Western style, serving a growing number of Catholics who actively support a Marian movement"-- Provided by publisher.

Local access dig.pdf. [Sweeten-China's Old Churches.pdf]