E-grāmata: Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia

Part 1 From the 8th Century to the Mid-9th Century.- Church
Architecture.- Education.- Bible and Religious Literature Translation.- Music
(Hymns).- Paintings (Images).-Food and Wine.- Evangelization and Building of
Church Hierarchy.- Religious Formation.- Gender Relations.- Part 2 From the
Mid-9th Century to the Mid-13th Century.- Church
Architecture.- Education.- Bible and Religious Literature Translation.- Music
(Hymns).- Paintings (Images).-Food and Wine.- Evangelization and Building of
Church Hierarchy.- Religious Formation.- Gender Relations.- Part 3 From the
Mid-13th Century to the Mid-16th Century.- Church
Architecture.- Education.- Bible and Religious Literature Translation.- Music
(Hymns).- Paintings (Images).-Food and Wine.- Evangelization and Building of
Church Hierarchy.- Religious Formation.- Gender Relations.- Part 4 From the
Late 16th Century to the 18th Century.- Church
Architecture.- Education.- Bible and Religious Literature Translation.- Music
(Hymns).- Paintings (Images).-Food and Wine.- Evangelization and Building of
Church Hierarchy.- Religious Formation.- Gender Relations.- Part 5 From the
19th century to 1945.- Church Architecture.- Education.- Bible and Religious
Literature Translation.- Music (Hymns).- Paintings (Images).-Food and
Wine.- Evangelization and Building of Church Hierarchy.- Religious
Formation.- Gender Relations.- Part 6 From 1945 to the Present.- Church
Architecture.- Education.- Bible and Religious Literature Translation.- Music
(Hymns).- Paintings (Images).-Food and Wine.- Evangelization and Building of
Church Hierarchy.- Religious Formation.- Gender Relations.- the impact of the
Second Vatican Council on every aspect of Catholic life.

Cindy Yik-yi Chu writes about the Catholic Church and Catholic sisters in Mainland China and Hong Kong. She has published 19 books and over 60 articles in edited volumes and academic journals. Her recent works include Cardinal John Tong: Renewal within Tradition in the Catholic Church in Hong Kong (Palgrave, 2024); The Catholic Church, the Bible, and Evangelization in China (edited, Palgrave, 2021); People, Communities, and the Catholic Church in China (co-edited with Paul P. Mariani, Palgrave, 2020); and The Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood and the Evolution of the Catholic Church (Palgrave, 2016).





Her research interests include the history of the Catholic Church in modern and contemporary China and Hong Kong, Catholic sisters in Chinese societies, and Sino-Vatican relations. She edited The Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia and has been working on the history of Sino-Vatican relations.





 





Beatrice Leung is a religious member of the Sisters of the Precious Blood, a Hong Kong Catholic diocesan congregation. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. After teaching for nearly forty years at tertiary education institutes in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, she is now an honorary research professor at the Centre of Taiwan Studies, National Chengchi University, Taiwan.





Her research focuses on Church relations with governments in the Greater China Region (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan), with an emphasis on the Catholic Church. She has authored and edited 14 books, including The Catholic Church in Taiwan: Birth, Growth and Development (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, co-edited) and The Catholic Church in Taiwan: Problems and Prospects (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, co-edited), as well as more than 100 Chinese and English articles in academic journals and book chapters.