Scholarly Panels
Contributions from academics drawing on the method and resources of their respective disciplines.
Panels / topics proposed to date:
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Sino-Vatican Relations in Historical Perspective
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Sociological Perspectives on Christianity
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The Sinicisation of Religion in China Today
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Environmental Issues and the Faith Communities of China
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Presentations and
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Discussion forums and practical advice from people involved in the life of the Church in China and in the Chinese diaspora.
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Faith and the Current Generation
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Social Services: Making a Contribution in China Society
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The American University Context
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Relations among Christians and China
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Paths to Discipleship
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Religion in the City
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From Matteo Ricci to Pope Francis:
Jesuits and Christian Dialogue in China
Presented by: Anthony E. Clark
This event is part of
Exploring Christianity and Culture in China:
Today and Yesterday
A collaborative public lecture series hosted by
the US-China Catholic Association, ChinaSource, and the China Academic Consortium
and is co-hosted by Boston College
Tuesday, march 29, 2022
5:30 – 6:30pm EST
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
The Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits) runs throughout the long history of religious, intellectual, and cultural exchange between China and the West. The most famous missionary to China, Matteo Ricci, has been called both the “father of the China mission” and the “founder of Sino-Western relations.” Meanwhile, no-one in our present time has appeared more often in media reports about the situation of China’s Christian population than Pope Francis, who signed the Vatican’s first official agreement with China’s government since it became a communist state in 1949. Though centuries apart, both Ricci and Francis are Jesuits who represent an astonishing continuity in how the Society of Jesus has theoretically and operationally actualized its religious and diplomatic mission regarding China. Dr. Clark will examine how Jesuits have maintained a Christian dialogue with China from 1582 until the present. As representatives of this uniquely Jesuit approach, Matteo Ricci and Pope Francis frame that exchange.
registration is required. reception to follow.
Anthony E. Clark is the Edward B. Lindaman Endowed Chair at Whitworth University, the Distinguished Combe Trust Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, and an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in London. He is the author and editor of eleven books on the history of China and Sino-Christian exchange of which his latest is: A Chinese Jesuit Catechism: Giulio Aleni’s Seventeenth-Century Four Character Classic. He has published hundreds of scholarly book chapters and journal articles, and he has organized and hosted a number of academic gatherings on diverse topics. Clark is presently preparing a book on Jesuit drama in China and a co-authored study of Catholic missionary photography during the late Qing and Republican eras.
about anthony clark
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“From Matteo Ricci to Pope Francis: Jesuits and Christian Dialogue in China”
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