Susangeline Patrick's scholarly breadth is on full display in this book. Art as contextualization, art as spiritual battleground, art as power, devotion, and didactic tool. She masterfully weaves together the history of five religious orders and four continents. Patrick's attention to the visual culture of Asian women, Protestants, and the mendicant orders fills a lacuna in the scholarship. A concise, evocative, and stimulating text. Highly recommended.

Anneke H. Stasson, Indiana Wesleyan University

This book is a great contribution for researchers as well as general readers who wish to understand 16th and 17th century Catholic and Protestant missionary enterprises in China and Taiwan. It not only raises significant questions and arguments but offers comprehensive resources for anyone wishing to undertake further study on this subject.

Changhua Lin, National Taiwan University

Patrick offers a rich introduction to the intersection of Christian art, culture, and devotion in late imperial China, Macau, and Taiwan. She expands the narrative beyond Jesuit missions to explore the artistic endeavors of Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians, the Poor Clares, and Dutch Calvinists. Based on a masterful synthesis of multilingual up-to-date scholarship, her engaging volume illuminates how Christian visual culture-from church architecture to devotional objects-interacted with Buddhist, Daoist, and indigenous traditions; and how it was informed by diverse theological approaches. An accessible read for anyone fascinated by global history, cross-cultural encounters, and the transformative power of art.

Eugenio Menegon, Boston University