Christian Heretics in Late Imperial China

Between God and Caesar

“…historically, Chinese emperors always worried that they would lose control of their Christian population to foreign authorities, especially the Vatican. 7 at the grassroots level, many Chinese felt that Christianity posed a threat to their traditional cultural values and cultural identity, since Christianization meant replacing Chinese religions with a Western one. 8 as a further complication, Western colonial forces accompanied the introduction of Christianity to China.…”

Architectural Heritage Analysis of the Yuanying Guan Pavilion: Construction and Signification

“…Many of the authors who have dealt with the concept of inculturation have developed their own vision without ever reaching a consensus, which implies that identical terms often convey different meanings. According to [1] (p. 44), "the related terms acculturation and inculturation both describe the experience of confrontation between any external influence and a resilient structure of traditions, with the external force striving for predominance over native tradition. "…”