The Palgrave Handbook on the Catholic Church in East Asia: China, Korea, and Japan
The editors are seeking authors for the three-volume Handbook. There will be 40 chapters, each of which is about 30 pages and 16,500 words. If you are interested, please contact Cindy Yik-yi Chu at cindychu@hkbu.edu.hk
TABLE OF CONTENTS (tentative only, not necessary to be finalized)
Vol. 1: China; Vol. 2: Korea; and Vol. 3: Japan, each containing the following chapters
Chapter 1: Evangelization and Indigenous Communities, 7th Century to 16th Century
Chapter 2: Evangelization, Religious Formation, Indigenous Communities, Late 16th Century to the 18th Century
Chapter 3: Foreign Missionaries, 19th Century
Chapter 4: Foreign Missionaries, 1900-1945
Chapter 5: Foreign Missionaries and the Building of the Local Church Hierarchy, 1945 to the Present
Chapter 6: Women in the Church: Local and Foreign, and Gender Relations
Chapter 7: Church Architecture and Church Buildings
Chapter 8: Evangelization through Education, from Simple Schooling to Universities
Chapter 9: Bible and Religious Literature Translation, and Indigenous Religious Texts
Chapter 10: Evangelization through Music and Religious Hymns
Chapter 11: Evangelization through Paintings and Sculptures (Images)
Chapter 12: Colonialism, Imperialism and Relations with Local Powers
Chapter 13 Persecution and Martyrdoms
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