by Liam Matthew Brockey. '94 (Harvard University Press)
The Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to China faced
more than language difficulties in their attempts to convert the Chinese to Christianity. They also
had to translate concepts of Catholicism to fit the traditional Chinese culture of the time.
This
narrative history of that mission is followed by a look at the Jesuits' training, their program for
learning Mandarin and Confucian thought, their evangelizing strategies, how they organzied their
nascent church and the forms of group piety they fostered.
(April 2007)
