Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Preface ix
5. Notes on the Translated Texts and Romanization xiii
6. Part I. The Road to Persecution
7. Chapter 1. Korea at the End of the Eighteenth Century 3
8. Chapter 2. Confucian Criticisms of Catholicism 30
9. Chapter 3. The Birth of the Korean Catholic Church 59
10. Chapter 4. A Decade of Hopes and Fears 83
11. Chapter 5. Nationalism and Evaluations of Hwang Sayŏng and His Silk Letter 101
12. Part II. In Their Own Words
13. Chapter 6. A Conversation on Catholicism by Sunam Ahn Chŏngbok 123
14. Chapter 7. The Silk Letter of Hwang Sayŏng 151
15. Appendix 205
16. Notes 233
17. Bibliography 281
18. Index 301