Heaven in Conflict: Franciscans and the Boxer Uprising in Shanxi

by Anthony E. Clark

Book Overview

One of the most violent episodes of China's Boxer Uprising was the Taiyuan Massacre of 1900, in which rebels killed foreign missionaries and thousands of Chinese Christians. This first sustained scholarly account of the uprising to focus on Shanxi Province illuminates the religious and cultural beliefs on both sides of the conflict and shows how they came to clash.

Although Franciscans were the first Catholics to settle in China, their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295994002
• ISBN13: 9780295994000
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher