Emergence of the French religious protectorate -- Church and protectorate under the treaties -- Defending the protectorate in the late nineteenth century -- Collecting indemnities and enduring criticism -- Complexities of Jiao?n in the early twentieth century: Sichuan and Jiangxi -- Reform agendas for the missions -- Dissidence and Catholic patriotism in Tianjin -- Petitioning Rome -- Vatican engages and Catholics in China respond -- Papacy's new China policy -- Falling short
Summary
This title reveals the powerful personalities, major debates and complex series of events behind the turmoil that characterized the 19th- and early 20th-century experience of the Catholic church in China
