VIS 127B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Fourth Vow
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Overall argument of article about eunuchs under the ming: eunuchs had important political functions but received a disproportionate amount of bad press. True meaning of the lord of heaven : defends the catholic norm that priests and monks abstain from marriage and sexuality. Religious migrations, christian missions, and cross cultural exchange journey to the. Let"s not change our religion as we export it. How successful was he in converting the chinese: image on ppt: he liked to dress like a confucian scholar. He needed to adopt a particular masculine style in order to gain a certain acceptance: note: gender frontiers; religious syncretism; cross-cultural exchange. Religious start-up company: ignatius of loyola and the jesuits: started 1540, he died 1556. Why china: for jesuits example of francis xaciers ignatius"s college roommate, great ming: 1386-1644. China: very prosperous, home of beautiful objects, equally civilized as european invention: 16th c. italian fork. : chinese invented printing and paper, what happens was much cheaper.
