Cross Culture and Faith : : The Life and Work of James Mellon Menzies / / Linfu Dong.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Dong, Linfu,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

James Mellon Menzies (1885-1957) was a Canadian engineer, Presbyterian missionary, and archaeologist active in China in the 1920s and 1930s. In a tradition that saw archaeology as a means of gathering artefacts for the collections of Western museums, Menzies believed in collecting for the people of China. He also saw his archaeological work as an extension of his missionary work, connecting, through his discoveries, the religious beliefs of ancient China to those of evangelical Christianity.In Cross Culture and Faith, Linfu Dong sheds new light on the modern encounter between China and the West through Menzies's life, work, and thought. He elucidates the difficult 'negotiation' processes that Menzies endured on multiple levels and with multiple forces, including Chinese nationalism, Western imperialism, the evangelical Mission, and his own personal interest in Chinese archaeology within that world.Despite his belief in assuring Chinese artefacts remained in China, some of Menzies's personal collection was donated to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in British Columbia. This has assured his place in the cultural memory of both East and West - appropriate, since his life so often straddled the two worlds.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Rural Ontario, 1885-1903 -- Chapter 2. Toronto, 1903-1905 -- Chapter 3. From Commitment to Departure, 1905-1910 -- Chapter 4. North Henan, 1910 -- Chapter 5. The Early Years, 1910-1917 -- Chapter 6. Somewhere in France, 1917-1920 -- Chapter 7. Rest and Return, 1921-1927 -- Chapter 8. Converts, Education, and Nationalism -- Chapter 9. The Waste of Yin, 1914-1927 -- Chapter 10. Museums and Collectors -- Chapter 11. Interlude, 1927-1928 -- Chapter 12. Marking Time, 1930-1931 -- Chapter 13. Next Stage, the 1930s -- Chapter 14. Mature Archaeologist, the 1930s -- Chapter 15. Frustrating Exile, 1936-1941 -- Chapter 16. American Interlude and Postwar Hiatus, 1942-1947 -- Chapter 17. The Last Stage, 1948-1957 -- Chapter 18. Conclusion -- Epilogue. James Menzies's Legacy -- Appendix. Oracle Bone Studies before 1914 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index