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Alone or together with partners, the USF Ricci Institute publishes or supports the publication of research monographs and other works in the field of Chinese-Western cross-cultural history and the social history of Christianity in China. Click on the LEARN MORE icon to see additional details about a publication in the Ricci Library online catalog.



歷史遺蹤: 正福寺天主教墓地 (When Stone Speaks: Zhengfusi Catholic Cemetery)

By 明曉艷 (MING Xiaoyan) and 魏揚波 (Jean-Paul Wiest)

A detailed study of the history and architecture of the Zhengfusi Catholic cemetery in Beijing, burial site for both missioners and Chinese clergy of the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes color illustrations and black & white reproductions of the Zhengfusi tombstones (dated 1730-1949), with transcriptions of Chinese and Latin epitaphs.

Publisher: 文物出版社, 2007. 279 p.; ISBN: 987-7-5010-2114-7

Research/publication and editorial support provided by the Ricci Institute. Major funding provided by the Thomas Klitgaard Endowment at the USF Ricci Institute, and by the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies.




當代世界宗教學
(Religion in the Late-Modern World)

by 范麗珠 (FAN Lizhu), James D. Whitehead, and Evelyn Eaton Whitehead

A bilingual academic study of religion published for use in China's colleges and universities. This work provides an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective on the interplay among religion, religiosity, and modernity in both the Chinese and Western contexts.

Publisher: 時事出版社 (Current Affairs), 2006. 459 p.; ISBN: 7-80009-968-7

Research, publication, and editorial support provided by the USF Ricci Institute in conjunction with the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, and Fudan University, Shanghai. [Return to TOP of page]




雖逝猶存: 柵欄, 北京最古老的天主教墓地
(Departed, Yet Present: Zhalan, the Oldest Christian Cemetery in Beijing)

By 馬愛德 (Edward J. Malatesta, S.J.) and 高智瑜 (GAO Zhiyu)

An historical account in Chinese of the first Catholic cemetery in Beijing where the tombstones of such famous Jesuit missionaries as Matteo Ricci, Ferdinard Verbiest, Adam Schall von Bell are located. This is the first Chinese-language introduction to this site. (A translation of the 1995 English original.)

Publisher: 澳門特別行政區政府文化局 (Instituto Cultural de Macau) and the 舊金山大學利瑪竇中西文化歷史研究所 (USF Ricci Institute), 2001. 315 p. with 135 illustrations and reproductions of 83 gravestones; ISBN: 972-35-0213-5 Learn more from the Ricci Institute Library catalog [Return to TOP of page]


Departed, Yet Present. Zhalan, the Oldest Christian Cemetery in Beijing

By Edward J. Malatesta, S.J. and GAO Zhiyu

Documents the 400-year history of the first Christian cemetery in Beijing. First known as the Portuguese cemetery, and then as Zhalan (Shala), the cemetery was provided in 1611 by the emperor Wanli as a burial ground for Matteo Ricci, and later, for many other missionaries who followed Ricci in the imperial service or those dedicated more intensely to direct pastoral work.

Illustrated with numerous photos and charts and the reproduction of rubbings of 63 tombstones that are still found today in the cemetery (in the grounds of the Beijing Administrative College.)

Publisher: Instituto Cultural de Macau, Macau and the USF Ricci Institute, 1995. 315 p. with 135 illustrations and reproductions of 83 gravestones; ISBN: 972-35-0213-5 Learn more from the Ricci Institute Library catalog [Return to TOP of page]

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