The Most Loyal City: Roman Catholic Competitive Domination and Antagonistic Tolerance of Indigenous Chinese Religious Sites in Macao (c. 1550–1850)

Portuguese colonial occupation and settlement from the sixteenth century onwards included a significant dimension of religious dissemination: a primary example is the imposition of Iberian Roman Catholic sacred forms at sites throughout peninsular Macao, China. Through early occupation and sustained...

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Published in:Review of Culture
Main Authors: Timothy D. Walker, Mark Chih-wei Liang
Format: Articles
Published: Instituto Cultural de Macau 2021
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Online Access:https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40065/4025
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description Portuguese colonial occupation and settlement from the sixteenth century onwards included a significant dimension of religious dissemination: a primary example is the imposition of Iberian Roman Catholic sacred forms at sites throughout peninsular Macao, China. Through early occupation and sustained commercial activity with local peoples, colonised Portuguese regions in Macao experienced aggressive assertion of Catholic religious dominance. In Macao, Portuguese military commanders, colonial governors, and missionary orders established Roman Catholic churches, chapels, and shrines — with their attendant Iberian religious modes — overlooking sites occupied by indigenous Chinese temples and shrines, or Buddhist sites.
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Portuguese colonial occupation and settlement from the sixteenth century onwards included a significant dimension of religious dissemination: a primary example is the imposition of Iberian Roman Catholic sacred forms at sites throughout peninsular Macao, China. Through early occupation and sustained commercial activity with local peoples, colonised Portuguese regions in Macao experienced aggressive assertion of Catholic religious dominance. In Macao, Portuguese military commanders, colonial governors, and missionary orders established Roman Catholic churches, chapels, and shrines — with their attendant Iberian religious modes — overlooking sites occupied by indigenous Chinese temples and shrines, or Buddhist sites.
Instituto Cultural de Macau
Macau
Review of Culture
Articles
2021
China
Colonialism
Macao
Portuguese Empire
Religion.
Timothy D. Walker
Mark Chih-wei Liang
spellingShingle The Most Loyal City: Roman Catholic Competitive Domination and Antagonistic Tolerance of Indigenous Chinese Religious Sites in Macao (c. 1550–1850)
Timothy D. Walker
Mark Chih-wei Liang
China
Colonialism
Macao
Portuguese Empire
Religion.
title The Most Loyal City: Roman Catholic Competitive Domination and Antagonistic Tolerance of Indigenous Chinese Religious Sites in Macao (c. 1550–1850)
title_autocomplete The Most Loyal City: Roman Catholic Competitive Domination and Antagonistic Tolerance of Indigenous Chinese Religious Sites in Macao (c. 1550–1850)
title_full The Most Loyal City: Roman Catholic Competitive Domination and Antagonistic Tolerance of Indigenous Chinese Religious Sites in Macao (c. 1550–1850)
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title_full_unstemmed The Most Loyal City: Roman Catholic Competitive Domination and Antagonistic Tolerance of Indigenous Chinese Religious Sites in Macao (c. 1550–1850)
title_short The Most Loyal City: Roman Catholic Competitive Domination and Antagonistic Tolerance of Indigenous Chinese Religious Sites in Macao (c. 1550–1850)
title_sort the most loyal city: roman catholic competitive domination and antagonistic tolerance of indigenous chinese religious sites in macao (c. 1550–1850)
topic China
Colonialism
Macao
Portuguese Empire
Religion.
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Colonialism
Macao
Portuguese Empire
Religion.
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Colonialism
Macao
Portuguese Empire
Religion.
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