Matteo Nicolini-Zani. The Late-Ming Jesuit Stele of 1644 and its Tang Ancestor of 781: Parallels between two Christian Steles found in Xi’an, pp. 9-33.
Minika Miazek-Męczyńska. The Chinese Christians Fighting for the Ming Dynasty, pp. 34-50
Nick Pierce. Mapping the World: a Copy of Verbiest’s Kunyu Quantu in Glasgow, pp. 51-78
Davor Antonucci. Antoine Thomas’ de Bello Cam Hi Imperatoris Tartaro: Sinici contra Tartaros Erutanos. Feliciter Confecto anno 1597: its historical meaning”, pp. 79-100
Paul Rule. Antoine Thomas and the Chinese Rites Controversy: The Conciliator becomes a Victim, pp. 101-113
Noël Golvers. “Jesuit Missionaries in China and their Western Books (1650–1770): Evidence of Spiritual and Devotional Books, pp. 114-149
Pan Feng-Chuan. ’The turn to relation – the Dialogue on the Ethical Issues between the Jesuits and the late Ming Literati, pp. 150-177
Claudia von Collani. Miracles, Death and Devil: Natural and Supernatural Events between the Worlds as described in der Neue Welt-Bott, pp. 200-227
Robert Entenmann. Joachim Enjobert de Martiliat in China, 1732-1746, pp. 228-248.
Françoise Aubin. Defending God in the Turmoil of New China: about the Chajiao Guanjian 差教關鍵 (keys for the examination of religion), 1914/1923, by the Catholic priest Jacobus Zhang (1856-1935), pp.249-280.
Ng Ka Chai. Neumes and Chinese Liturgy: How Liturgical Renewal was Brought to China by Vincent Lebbe, pp.281-295.

In 2007 the 9th Verbiest Symposium took place at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Of the 27 presentations, 12 are published here. These contributions represent both the “ancient mission” (17th-18th centuries) and the mission of “modern times”, since the late 19th century. One of the commitments of the F. Verbiest Institute, indeed, is, not only to stimulate the historical research of the China mission, in all its aspects, but also to focus – if possible – on the forms of continuity between both, in every respect. Another tradition of the Symposia is to focus, not only on the “common” themes, but in addition to this, to select one individual personality in mission history: this time, it was the “Namurois” Antoine Thomas (1644-1709), secretary and (temporary) successor of F. Verbiest, and an important (but underestimated) figure in the history of science (as mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, etc.), and as such a highly interesting “transition” figure between the 17th century missionaries (up to F. Verbiest) and their 18th century successors. The 12 texts, which we are publishing in this volume, do cover a rather broad specter of Chinese mission history: In “The Late-Ming Jesuit Stele of 1644 and its Tang Ancestor of 781: Parallels between two Christian stones found in Xi’an”, Matteo Nicolini-Zani describes two crucial epigraphical testimonies of ancient Chinese Christianity, in the perspective of continuity, demonstrated from some unmistakable linguistic affinities in certain words and sentences in both texts, which strongly suggest that the 1644 stele, erected 20 years after the discovery of the 781 monument, intentionally referred to this first Christian monument from China. The Boym embassy to Rome (in the 1650s) and especially the role of the Great Chancellor Pang Achilleus Tianshou is discussed by Monika Miazek-Męczyńska in “The Chinese Christians fighting for the Ming Dynasty, the Story of an Embassy”, which also publishes a transcription of two Latin letters of Achilleus. N. Pearce presents a study of the copy of F. Verbiest’s Kunyu Quantu in the former T.S. Bayer collection, part of the Hunterian Papers, since 200 years now in the Glasgow University’s Collection. Of the contributions on Antoine Thomas, two are published in this volume. The study of Antoine Thomas’ manuscript “de Bello Erutano”, a unique observation by the Belgian Jesuit, eyewitness of the wars between Kangxi and some of the Western Mongols (1696-1697), is a first presentation of the results of a recent doctoral dissertation at the La Sapienza University (Rome), pursued with much sense of philological meticulousness, and based on a large knowledge of the native Sino-Mongol sources. P. Rule offers, on the basis of a broad knowledge of the original sources, a global overview on the personality and the work of A. Thomas, with special attention for his place in the Chinese Rites Controversies. N. Golvers tries to define the impact which (Western) books about spirituality, and other meditative and devotional publications did have in the mission; he describes so in the context of his current project on “Circulation of Western Books in the Jesuit Mission in the 17th – 18th centuries”. The dialogue on the ethical issues between the Jesuits and the Late Ming literati is discussed by Pan Feng-Chuan. The “ordinary” Chinese convert is represented by Liu Ning (1625?-1715), from Jiangxi province, and his apologetic Jue Si Lu, analyzed by Li Zhen. In her article on “Miracles, Death and Devil. Natural and Supernatural Events between the Worlds”, C. von Collani continues her exploration of the very rich, but largely unexplored materials of the Neue Welt-Bott (18th century); in her conclusion, she arrives at a fair assessment of this source as a mirror of Europe’s view on China. In his paper on Joachim Enjobert de Martiliat (1732-1746), R. Entenmann offers a sympathetic portrait of this French missionary during his stay in Huguang and Sichuan provinces, and of his relation with Johannes Müllener; in the last part, the author also refers to Martiliat’s revision of Basset’s translation of the New Testament. An in-depth discussion on the highly interesting 3 volumes Chajiao Guanjian or “keys for the examination of religion” by the Catholic priest Jacobus Zhang (1856-1935) is presented by Françoise Aubin. This historical panorama is closed by Ng Ka Chai, with a paper on Vincent Lebbe and his annotation of the Gregorian “neumes”, and his place in the liturgical Renewal.--Preface.

The goodness of human nature and original sin : a point of convergence in Chinese and western cultures / Zhao Dunhua -- Response / Miikka Ruokanen -- Sin and evil in Christian and Confucian perspectives / Zhang Qingxiong -- Response / Diane B. Obenchain -- Response / Svein Rise -- The compatibility of Christianity with the traditional Chinese religions in their theories of the divinity / He Guanghu -- Response / Paulos Huang -- Reasons for an easy access of Christianity into Chinese culture : cultural relativity between religion and morality on the basis of the method of Matteo Ricci's missionary work in China / Wan Junren -- Ren as a fundamental motif and the promise and problem of a contextual theology of an agape-ren synthesis : a dialogue with Anders Nygren / Lo Ping-cheung -- Response / You Bin -- Dialogue between Christianity and Taoism : the case of Lin Yutang / He Jianming -- Reflections on the history of Buddhist-Christian encounter in modern China / Lai Pan-chiu -- Response / Jorgen Skov Sorensen -- Response / Jyri Komulainen -- The impact of contemporary Chinese folk religions on Christianity / Gao Shining -- Comprehensive theology : an attempt to combine Christianity with Chinese culture / Zhuo Xinping -- Response / Notto R. Thelle -- The contextualization of Chinese Christian theology and its main concerns / Yang Huilin -- Response / Thor Strandenaes -- How do social and psychological needs impact the existence and growth of Christianity in modern China? / Li Pingye -- Response / Vladimir Fedorov -- Eliminating five misunderstandings about Christianity in Chinese academic circles / Wang Xiaochao -- Response / Choong Chee Pang -- The faith of Chinese urban Christians : a case study of Beijing / Gao Shining -- Response / Zhang Minghui -- The position of religion in Chinese society / Li Qiuling -- Response / Fredrik Fällman -- Response / Birger Nygaard -- The basis for the reconstruction of Chinese theological thinking / Deng Fucun -- Response / Chen Xun -- Response / Gerald H. Anderson -- Call for dialogue and cooperation : reflections on the Jianshe or the reconstruction of theological thinking / Zhu Xiaohong -- Response / Sun Yi -- Christ and culture : a reflection by a Chinese Christian / Chen Yongtao -- A Chinese Christian's reading of two ethical themes of Zhuangzi / Lin Manhong -- A flourishing discipline : reflections on the study of Christianity in academic institutions in China today / Wu Xiaoxin.

Christianity in China : foundations for dialogue / edited by Beatrice Leung, John D. Young.
”The conference ‘Christianity in China : foundations for dialogue’ was held at the University of Hong Kong from May 29th to 30th, 1992.” -- Pref.
Title also in Chinese on t.p. verso: Jidu xinyang zai Zhongguo 基督信仰在中國 : jiaotan de jichu 交談的基礎.
Includes bibliographical references.
Title: Jidu xinyang zai Zhongguo : jiaotan de jichu 基督信仰在中國 : 交談的基礎.

Contents:
PETER CHEN-MAIN WANG 王成勉 : Introduction.
Part I: Early Mission: CLAUDIA von COLLANI: From Accommodation to a Chinese Theology. VINCENT SHEN 沈清松 : Generosity towards the Other. Matteo Ricci’s Strategy of Strangification in China
Part II: Contextualization Efforts – Three Aspects: CHRISTOFFER H. GRUNDMANN: Contextualizing the Gospel by "Imitating Christ". The Emergence of Medical Missions in Nineteenth Century China. JOHN E. GEDDES: Singing a New Song. The Development of the Use of Taiwanese-Chinese Words and Music in the Hymn Book of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, 1865–1965. JESSIE G. LUTZ: The Sinification of Historiography of the China Christian Colleges.
Part III: Individuals in the Light of Contextualization: PETER CHEN-MAIN WANG 王成勉 : Bishop Frederik R. Graves and the Changing Context of China in the 1920s. EDWARD YIHUA XU 徐以驊 : Westernization and Contextualization. A Study on Three Pioneering Chinese Pastors of the Sheng Kung Hui in China. RICHARD R. COOK: Wang Mingdao and the Evolution of Contextualized Chinese Churches.
Part IV: Church and State Relations: ROBERT ENTENMANN: Chinese Catholics and Their Relations with the State during the Campaign against White Lotus. R. G. TIEDEMANN: Anti-Christian Conflict in Local Context. The Life and Times of Pang Sanjie: Patriot, Bandit, Protector or Revolutionary? BEATRICE LEUNG 梁潔芬 : Christianity in Post-Mao China. Legalism and Accommodation.
Includes notes on the contributors and a glossary of Chinese names and terms.

Added keywords: Sheng Kung Hui (Shenggonghui 聖公會) Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA -- Wang Mingdao 王明道 -- Wong Kong-chai (K. C. Wong, Wang Guangcai 王光彩) -- Yen Yung Kiung (Y. K. Yen, Yan Yongjing 晏永京) -- Woo Hong Niok (H. N. Woo, Wu Hongyu 吳虹玉) -- Pang Sanjie 龐三傑 (Pang Shengxuan 龐盛選) -- Dadaohui 大刀會 (Big Sword Society) -- hymns, hymnals -- medical missions -– Jesuit theology -- Figurism --Church colleges.

目錄 : 中國鄉村天主教社區與地方社會 : 以鄂西北磨盤山為例證(1725-1949) / 康志傑. -- 金秀大瑤山壯瑤民族信仰天主教狀況的考察 / 廖楊. -- 淺探天主教傳教會與地方社會的關係 : 以梵二會議之後香港瑪利諾會的本地化為中心 / 何心平.-- 從近代山西教徒, 傳教士之節日, 人生禮儀透視天主教的本土化 / 劉安榮. -- 死有所直帚 : 香港基督教填塌研究 / 邢福增. -- 耶穌巧遇羊祖 : 景雅各及其後繼者在熱河 / 特術勒.-- 美南浸信會海外華人傳教網絡 / 吳寧. -- 從基督精神到共產主義 : 北京教會女學生群體的信仰歷程一以貝滿女中為個案 / 尹文涓. -- 民國時期基督教女青年會與北京婦女事業 / 王麗. -- 抗戰時期的"紅色會督" : 何明華與中國工業合作運動之研究 / 吳青. -- 傳教士是如何煉成的 : 以金陵大學華言科(1912-1924)為中心的研究 / 劉家峰. -- 傳教士,民族主義, 經濟利益 : 1774-1784年北京天主教團體的權力交替 / 張先清. -- 福建惕和大串的教育傅教士 : 克立錦(Claude Rupert Kellogg, 1886-1977)及其弟子局例/彭淑敏. -- "全球地域化" : 基督教音樂與地方社會關係探尋 : 以上海國際禮拜堂聖誕音樂崇拜為個案研究 / 陳睿文. -- 《華西教會新聞》在中國區域史, 傳教史研究中的價值 / 陳建明. -- 新舞台與老劇目 : 嶺東長老會黃岡堂驅逐教牧事件解讀 / 胡衛清. -- 從諸神到天主 : 上寨山子瑤宗教信仰變遷的歷史與現狀 / 顏小華, 曾志輝. -- 教會防範教案 : 1895年傳教士集體上疏清廷考 / 陶飛亞. -- 東北淪陷時期基督教會的處境與應對 / 徐炳三. -- 動蕩年代的變遷 : 從教會名冊看20世紀前期的華南基督教 / 吳義雄.
Contributors : Kang Zhijie, Liao Yang, He Xinping, Liu Anrong, Xing Fuzeng, Temule, Wu Ning, Yin Wenjuan, Wang Li, Wu Qing, Liu Jiafeng, Zhang Xianqing, Peng Shumei, Chen Ruiwen, Chen Jianming, Hu Weiqing, Yan Xiaohua, Zeng Zhihui, Tao Feiya, Xu Bingsan, Wu Yixiong.
Keywords: rural Catholic communities; François-Régis Clet 劉方濟， Mopanshan 磨盤山，Northwest China, Hong Kong Maryknoll, American Baptist Missionary Union.

Contents include: 關於理性與信仰關係問題的研究構想 / 張志剛. 中國基督宗教研究的現代處境 / 卓新平. 明清基督教與中國思想的駁難 / 李天綱. 中國天主教本地化的歷程 / 顧衛民. 明清之際天主教在長江三角洲的傳播 / 康志杰. 試論利瑪竇的漢化傾向 / 高智瑜, 林華. 羅明堅 : 西方漢學的奠基人 / 張西平. 福建基督教史的研究回顧與展望 / 林金水, 張先清.
Includes bibliographical references.

這冊論文集紀錄了第五屆研討會的成果，選收了美國佩斯大學李榭熙教授及上海師範大學人文與傳播學院楊劍龍教授兩篇資深學人的演講文章及十五篇年青學者的文章，題目涉獵宗教實踐與社會基層、社會服務與文教事業和文化差異與身份認同。兩位資深學人的文章是集他們多年的研究心得，分別闡述中國草根基督教徒史學研究及非基督教思潮與中國教會本色化運動等。--Publ. note.

Includes bibliographical references.
Some papers in English.

Mapping Christian Congregations in South China: Towards a Grassroots History of Chinese Christianity / Joseph Tse-Hei Lee -- 論非基督教思潮與中國教會本色化運動 / 楊劍龍 -- 宗教實踐與社會基層: The Relationship between the Christian Church and Local Rural Society: A Focus on the Christian Funeral / Chen Yun -- Miraculous Christianity and Grassroots Practice in the Republican Era / Melissa Inouye -- 新材料，新視角：舊金山大學的廣州檔案介紹 / 向紅艷 -- 建國初期中共宗教政策下的基層政府、幹部與教徒──以 1952 年五幫村「教民騷動事件」為中心的考察 / 劉建平 -- 宗教市場理論與中國鄉村基督宗教的社會學研究：以冀中 L 縣的天主教和基督新教為例 / 劉芳 -- 納玻裏書院對湖廣天主教的影響 / 劉芳 -- 中國內地會醫療傳教與近代河南社會──以開封福音醫院為中心的探討 (1901–1930) / 張興華 -- 《田家半月報》創辦初期的出版概況研究 / 王京強 -- 基督教對雲南少數民族文化程度的影響──基於 6 個少數民族社區現狀的定量研究 / 孫海燕 --中國基督教會參與汶川地震賑災及災後重建研究──以四川彭州、綿竹和安縣三地「三自教會」為例 / 高彥婷 -- Advocating Monogamy among the Chaozhou Christians in the Late Qing Dynasty / Ellen Xiang-yu Cai -- 論《碑記贈言合刻》所涉清初「貳臣」與湯若望間的交往──從李日華和霍叔瑾兩人題贈傳教士詩歌談起 / 紀建勛 -- 被隱身的群體──基督教在華宣教運動中的傳教士夫人簡論 / 尹翼婷 -- 近代東北移民運動與基督教 / 徐炳三 -- 臺灣客家改宗基督教的掙扎：談臺灣客家教會發展與漢人宗教的矛盾張力 / 陳胤安.

"這冊論文集紀錄了第四屆研討會的成果，選收了美國賓夕凡尼亞州州立大學夏伯嘉教授、上海大學歷史系陶飛亞教授及美國舊金山神學院魏克利教授(Philip L. Wickeri)三篇資深學人的演講文章及十六篇年青學者的文章，題目涉獵天主教研究、基督教與社會、基督教文化與神學研究和基督教與近代研究。三位資深學人的文章是集他們多年的研究心得，分別闡述中國明未天主教傳教的研究、清前期的禁教緣由、以至探討三自基督教受國運動早年的發展等。"--Pub. website.

Contents: They looked for Unicorns / Umberto Eco -- La muraille comme signe et limite des ensembles culturels (principalement en Occident) / Jacques Le Goff -- De la variete culturelle a l'Universel humain / Alain Rey -- Dialogue entre Chine et Occident: une question d'energie potentielle / Antoine Danchin -- Le son de la pluie / Alain Le Pichon -- Une tentative de greffer le christianisme sur le confucianisme et ses effets prodigieux ou l'apport paradoxical du "malentendu" / Meng Hua -- La culture et la traduction / Luo Peng -- Reflexion / Shan Dali --Between having a wall and having no wall / Tang Yijie --The Great Wall as symbol / Wang Meng -- Leibniz and China's I Ching figure and Chinese characters / Sun Xiaoli -- Cultural differences and cultural misreadings / Yue Daiyun -- Cultural barriers, cultural interpretation and cultural misreading / Chen Yuehong -- Eurocentrism and the idea of Zhonghua / Zhou Xing -- Misreading and its creativity in Sino-Western cultural communication at the end of the Ming Dynasty / Sun Shangyang -- God and Tian: a paradox of representing what is beyond representation / Wang Bin -- Tao, Doors and walls / Teng Shouyao -- "Modern times" and "Postmodern times" as I understand / Tang Yijie -- Romantic "misreading' between alien cultures / Zhou Xing -- Appendices: Unicorns and dragons hunted by scholars / Gong Qian --Umberto Eco et l'Universite sans murs / Dong Chun -- Speeches on the Round Table Coinference: "L'Idea di Moderno nell'Europa postindustriale e nella Cina contemporanea" / Ambasciata d'Italia Ufficio Culturale Pechino -- Projet de l'Universite sans murs / Fondation Trancultura -- Jointed Three-Year Plan / Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture, International Academy for Chinese Culture.

Concluding volume of the Zhongguo Jidu zongjiao shiliao congkan 中國基督宗教史料叢刊 (Narratives from the Hinterlands project).

Introduction also in English.
Some essays in English (note: first title indicates language of essay).
Includes bibliographical references (p.403-492) and subject index.

本书是从事中国基督宗教研究的专家学者的论文集,收国内外专家学者论文共计十九篇,全书分为四个专题:1.视角,方法与趋势,收论文三篇;2.多学科研究方法论,收论文六篇;3.专题研究方法探讨,收论文六篇;4.地区性研究方法论,收论文四篇.论文集中所收论文,或对中国基督宗教研究的历史与现状进行总结,分析,或采用跨学科的研究方法从不同的视角展开相关领域的研究.--OCLC Pub. description.

目錄. Table of Contents:
視角、方法與趨勢. (Perspectives, methodologies and trends).
Chinese-Western cultural exchange in the modern age: examples, research methods, trends, and prospects. (近代中西文化交流：案例，研究方法，發展趨勢及前景展望) / R.G. Tiedemann.
“邊疆”何在？——近代中國邊疆基督教史研究的新視角. (Where is the “frontier?”-- New perspectives in the study of Christianity in China) / Zhang Xianqing 張先清.
中國基督教史研究的“範式”轉移與新趨勢. (Paradigm change and new trends for the study of Christianity in China) / Tao Feiya 陶飛亞.

多學科研究方法論. (Multi-disciplinary methodologies).
Writing biographies of Christina missionaries in China. (來華基督宗教傳教士傳記寫作) / Linda Benson.
中國基督宗教口述史研究的若干問題. (Issues relating to oral history studies in Christianity in China) / Li Xiangping 李向平.
人類學與中國西南基督教研究. (Anthropology and studies of Christianity in southwest China) / Huang Jianbo 黃劍波.
The conversion of the imaginary: changing notions of reading and writing a “Christian literature” in late-Qing and Republican China. (意象的轉變：清末至民國年間“基督教文學”作品的閱讀與寫作) / Chloë Starr.
比較文學形象學導論：理論與實踐. (Theory and practice: introduction to imagology in comparative literature) / Meng Hua 孟華.
Sino-Western cultural relations and the mapping of modern China. (中西文化關係與近代中國地圖的繪製) / Laura Hostetler.

專題研究方法探討. Thematic studies methodologies.
近代中國基督教與伊斯蘭教互動關係的研究回顧與視角. (Reviews and perspectives on the studies of the interactions between Christianity and Islam in modern China) / Liu Jiafeng 劉家峰.
“中國禮儀之爭”：研究方法及其拓展. (The “Chinese Rites controversy: research methodology and expansion) / Li Tiangang 李天綱.
Confucianism and Christianity revisited. (再論儒家思想與基督宗教) / Paul Rule.
The history of Ming-Qing Sino-Western cultural relations: methods of archival research using missionary collections with a case study of Taiyuan’s Diocesan records. (明清中西文化關係史：使用傳教士資料的檔案研究方法，以太原教區檔案為例) / Anthony E. Clark.
晚清基督教小說的研究方向——以數部作品的文本分析為例. (Approaches of researching late-Qing Christian novels: critical textual analysis of several representative works) / Li Zipeng 黎子鵬.
以詩紀事，以詩證史：從明清士大夫贈傳教士詩看基督教在華傳播的歷史. (The function of poetry in recording events and verifying history: history of Christianity in China through poems by the Chinese Literati to Western missionaries in Ming and Qing dynasties) / Lin Jinshui 林金水.

地區性研究方法論. Methodologies in regional research.
The use of missionary documentation for investigating cultural encounters in the Central Plain region of China. (傳教士文獻在考察中國中原地區文化相遇中的應用) / Martha Lund Smalley.
視野、材料、理論與方法：以十九世紀東北天主教研究為例. (Perspectives, sources, theories and methodologies: a case study of nineteenth century Catholicism in Northeast China) / Li Ji 李紀
Eurasian cultural encountersbeyond the Great Wall: the case of Inner Mongolia in the late Qing and early republican era. (塞外的歐亞文化相遇——以清末民初的內蒙古為例) / Patrick Taveirne.
對20世紀50年代滇西邊疆民族地區基督教演變發展的認識及思考. (Comprehension and reflection on the changes and development of Christianity in West Yunnan’s ethnic minority region during the 1950’s) / Qin Heping 秦和平.