Contents

Foreword
Edward J. Malatesta, S.J.

I. Introduction

An Introduction to the Chinese Rites Controversy
D.E. Mungello

Claims and Counter-Claims:
The Kangxi Emperor and the Europeans (1661-1722)
Jonathan D. Spence

II. Chinese Views of the Rites Controversy

Jesuit Accomodation and the Chinese Cultural Imperative
Erik Zürcher

Chinese Literati and the Rites Controversy, 18th-20th Centuries
Lin Jinshui

Chinese Views of Rites and the Rites Controversy, 18th-20th Centuries
John Dragon Young

III. The Dominicans and the Figurists

From Manila to Fuan: Asian Contexts of Dominican Mission Policy
John E. Wills, Jr.

Joseph Premare and the Name of God in China
Knud Lundbaek

Hungarian Missionaries in China
Peter Vamos

IV. The Theological and Political Controversy

Charles Maigrot's Role in the Chinese Rites Controversy
Claudia von Collani

Eliminating Misunderstandings: Antoine de Beauvollier (1657-1708) and His Eclaircissements sur les controverses de la Chine
John W. Witek, S.J.

A Fatal Clash of Wills: The Condemnation of the Chinese Rites by the Papal Legate Carlo Tommaso Maillard de Tournon
Edward J. Malatesta, S.J.

V. The Past, Present and Future of the Rites Controversy

Towards a History of the Chinese Rites Controversy
Paul Rule

The Catholic Church in China Today: A New Rites Controversy?
Richard Madsen

VI. Commentaries

The Suppression of the Chinese Rites: A Suggestion of Some Factors
Michael J. Buckley, S.J.

The Crossing of Cultural Bridges
Donald W. Treadgold

Reflections on the Chinese Rites Controversy
Wm. Theodore de Bary

List of Contributors

Index with Glossary