In 1926, French Jesuit missionaries from Darning published at Xianxian （Hebei province） a little handbook for church construction in Northern China： “Le missionnaire constructeur, conseils-plans” （“The missiona...In 1926, French Jesuit missionaries from Darning published at Xianxian （Hebei province） a little handbook for church construction in Northern China： “Le missionnaire constructeur, conseils-plans” （“The missionary builder： advice-plans”）, containing 67 pages of text and 54 plates. After a short introduction about handbooks and pattern books of churches, this paper describes and analyses the handbooks content and its different practical aspects about building materials, masonry, roofs, etc. The book, however, is more than a compilation of technical hints and reveals a lot about the missionaries＇ perception of Chinese building traditions as well as the transmission of Western techniques to Chinese workers. The paper also contextuatizes the handbook and tnes to identify both the authors and the addressees. In the mid-1920s, the Vatican launched the Christian inculturution process in China, which concerned architecture too. Nevertheless, many missionaries resisted, preferring Gothic or Italianate architecture to a new Sino-Christian style. The handbook participated in this debate.展开更多
Christian higher education(CHE)had been totally disappeared from the China mainland since the 1950s,and related studies only revived in the past 40 years since Deng Xiaoping’s reform and opening up policy in 1978.The...Christian higher education(CHE)had been totally disappeared from the China mainland since the 1950s,and related studies only revived in the past 40 years since Deng Xiaoping’s reform and opening up policy in 1978.The present paper is an attempt to report what had happened in the past 40 years,and to illustrate some significant contributions the resurgence of the study of CHE had made to the academia in the development of higher education in China.New forms of representation of CHE are found and new approaches to the study of CHE are also explored.展开更多
文摘In 1926, French Jesuit missionaries from Darning published at Xianxian （Hebei province） a little handbook for church construction in Northern China： “Le missionnaire constructeur, conseils-plans” （“The missionary builder： advice-plans”）, containing 67 pages of text and 54 plates. After a short introduction about handbooks and pattern books of churches, this paper describes and analyses the handbooks content and its different practical aspects about building materials, masonry, roofs, etc. The book, however, is more than a compilation of technical hints and reveals a lot about the missionaries＇ perception of Chinese building traditions as well as the transmission of Western techniques to Chinese workers. The paper also contextuatizes the handbook and tnes to identify both the authors and the addressees. In the mid-1920s, the Vatican launched the Christian inculturution process in China, which concerned architecture too. Nevertheless, many missionaries resisted, preferring Gothic or Italianate architecture to a new Sino-Christian style. The handbook participated in this debate.
文摘Christian higher education(CHE)had been totally disappeared from the China mainland since the 1950s,and related studies only revived in the past 40 years since Deng Xiaoping’s reform and opening up policy in 1978.The present paper is an attempt to report what had happened in the past 40 years,and to illustrate some significant contributions the resurgence of the study of CHE had made to the academia in the development of higher education in China.New forms of representation of CHE are found and new approaches to the study of CHE are also explored.
