Han-Mongol Encounters and Missionary Endeavors: A History of Scheut in Ordos (Hetao), 1874-1911.(Book Review)

From: International Bulletin of Missionary Research | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Tiedemann, R.G. | Copyright information

By Patrick Taveirne. Leuven: Leuven Univ. Press, 2004. Pp. 684. Paperback 52 [euro].

Patrick Taveirne is director of the Leuven Institute for Sino-Mongol Studies in Belgium and a researcher for the Holy Spirit Study Center in Hong Kong. In this comprehensive revision of his doctoral dissertation, he provides a detailed account of the Catholic missionary endeavor in the Chinese-Mongolian borderlands. The specific focus is on the vicariate apostolic of Southwest Mongolia, ...

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