This book traces the origins of the Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood in Hong Kong and their history up to the early 1970s, and contributes to the neglected area of Chinese Catholic women in the history of the Chinese Catholic Church. It studies the growth of an indigenous community of Chinese sisters, who acquired a formal status in the local and universal Catholic Church, and the challenge of identifying Chinese Catholic women in studies dealing with the Chinese Churc...
Tabella dei contenuti
Jesus on Chinese Soil.- The Chinese Sisters Until 1929.- The Turbulent 1930s.- The War Years 1940s.- A New Chapter in Hong Kong’s History – The 1950s.- The 196...
Circa l’autore
Cindy Yik-yi Chu is Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University. She has published a number of books on the Catholic Church and the Catholic sisters in China...