How Long to Read The Interweaving of Rituals

How Long Does it Take to Read The Interweaving of Rituals?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Interweaving of Rituals by Nicolas Standaert

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The death of the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci in China in 1610 was the occasion for demonstrations of European rituals appropriate for a Catholic priest and also of Chinese rituals appropriate to the country hosting the Jesuit community. Rather than burying Ricci immediately in a plain coffin near the church, according to their European practice, the Jesuits followed Chinese custom and kept Ricci's body for nearly a year in an air-tight Chinese-style coffin and asked the emperor for burial ground outside the city walls. Moreover, at Ricci's funeral itself, on their own initiative the Chinese performed their funerary rituals, thus starting a long and complex cultural dialogue in which they took the lead during the next century. The Interweaving of Rituals explores the role of ritual - specifically rites related to death and funerals - in cross-cultural exchange, demonstrating a gradual interweaving of Chinese and European ritual practices at all levels of interaction in seventeenth-century China. This includes the interplay of traditional and new rituals by a Christian community of commoners, the grafting of Christian funerals onto established Chinese practices, and the sponsorship of funeral processions for Jesuit officials by the emperor. Through careful observation of the details of funerary practice, Nicolas Standaert illustrates the mechanics of two-way cultural interaction. His thoughtful analysis of the ritual exchange between two very different cultural traditions is especially relevant in today's world of global ethnic and religious tension. His insights will be of interest to a broad range of scholars, from historians to anthropologists to theologians.

How long is The Interweaving of Rituals?

The Interweaving of Rituals by Nicolas Standaert is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Interweaving of Rituals Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read The Interweaving of Rituals aloud.

What Reading Level is The Interweaving of Rituals?

The Interweaving of Rituals is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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