Performing Religion: Chinese Catholic Biblical Drama in the Republican Era

In the aftermath of the collapse of the Qing regime in 1911, a corpus of dramatic texts, chiefly rewritings of biblical stories, was published by the Catholic presses in China during the Republican era (1912-1949). Some biblical tales were creatively represented in a variety of dramatic genres, incl...

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Main Author: Lai, John Tzs Pang 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press [2017]
In: Journal of Chinese religions
Year: 2017, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-62
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / History 1911-1949 / Catholic literature / Bible / Drama
Further subjects:B communal transformation
B re-membering
B Republican China
B Catholic Church
B Biblical drama
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)