The Chinese rites controversy : its history and meaning / edited by D.E. Mungello.

"Jointly published by Institut Monumenta Serica, Sankt Augustin, and the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History, San Francisco"

"... the Ricci Institute sponsored an International Symposium on the "Significance of the Chinese Rites Controversy in Sino-Western History" on October 16-18th 1992 in San Francisco ..."--P. 12.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to the Chinese rites controversy / D.E. Mungello -- Claims and counter-claims : the Kangxi emperor and the Europeans 1661- 1722) / Jonathan D. Spence --Jesuit accommodation and the Chinese cultural imperative / Erik Zürcher -- Chinese literati and the rites controversy, 18th-20th centuries / John Dragon young -- From Manila to Fuan : Asian contexts of dominican mission policy / John E. Wills-- Joseph premare and the names of God in China / Knud Lundbaek -- Charles Maigrot's role in the Chinese rites controversy / Claudia Von Collani -- Eliminating misunderstandings : Antoine de Beauvollier (1657-1708) and his Eclaircissements sur les controverses de la Chine / John W. Witek -- A fatal clash of Willis : the condemnation of the Chinese rite by the Papal lagate Carlo Tommaso Maillard de Tournon / Edward J. Malatesta -- Towards a history of the Chinese rites controversy / Paul Rule -- The Catholic Church in China today : a new rites controversy? / Richard Madsen -- The supression of the Chinese rites : a suggestion of some factors / Michael J. Buckley -- The crossing of cultural bridges / Donald W. Treadgold -- Reflections on the Chinese rites controversy / Theodore de Bary.