8 / Conclusion The Metaphor of Textile Weaving

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 / Chinese and European Funerals 10
6. 2 / Missionaries’ Knowledge of Chinese Funerals 37
7. 3 / The Gradual Embedding of Christian Funeral Rituals in China 81
8. 4 / Funerals as Public Manifestation 118
9. 5 / Funerals as Community Practice 140
10. 6 / Christian versus Superstitious Rituals 164
11. 7 / Imperial Sponsorship of Jesuit Funerals 184
12. 8 / Conclusion The Metaphor of Textile Weaving 207
13. Appendix: Schematic Representation of Communities of Effective Rituals (see Conclusion) 231
14. Notes 235
15. Chinese Glossary 283
16. Abbreviations 289
17. Bibliography 291
18. Index 315