Art as a Pathway to God

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Art as a Pathway to God is written by Susangeline Yalili Patrick and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004677739 (ISBN 10) and 9789004677739 (ISBN 13).

This book integrates history, theology, and art and analyzes the Jesuits’ cross-cultural mission in late imperial China. Readers will find a rich collection of resources from historical sites, museums, manuscripts, and archival materials, including previous unpublished works of art. The production and circulation of art from different historical periods and categories show the artistic, theological, and missional values of Christian art. It highlights European Jesuits, Asian Christians, transnationalism, and gives voice to Chinese Christian women and their patronage of art in the seventeenth century. It offers a rare systematic study of the relation between art and mission history.