Catholic Church, The Bible, and Evangelization in China

Cindy Yik-yi Chu is Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University and Editor of the Christianity in Modern China Series of Palgrave Macmillan. She writes on the Catholic Church and the Catholic sisters in China and Hong Kong. Her recent work is edited with Paul P. Mariani, People, Communities, and the Catholic Church in China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)..

“This publication, edited by Cindy Yik-yi Chu, professor of history at Hong Kong Baptist University, is a collection of seven articles grouped into three parts whose titles, when juxtaposed, create the title of the whole book. … Everybody interested in Christianity, especially Catholicism, in China will undoubtedly find significant intellectual benefits from reading these articles.” (Wojciech Rybka, Monumenta Serica, December 16, 2024)

• PART I: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.- The Catholic Church in China in the 1980s: Identity, Loyalty, and Obedience.- The Canossian Sisters in Hong Kong and Beyond: Protection, Education, and Emancipation of Women.- PART II: THE BIBLE.- Reading and Praying with Sigao Shengjing (Studium Biblicum Version).- The Use and Reception of Sigao Shengjing (Studium Biblicum Version) by Catholic Communities in China.- PART III: EVANGELIZATION.- Catholic Fishermen in the Qingpu District of Shanghai.- Between Survival and Subordination: Jiangnan Catholics in the 1950s.- A Letter From an ex-Altar Boy to Late Fathers.