-- 10. Art and architecture -- 11. The Catholic book -- 12. The Iberian church and empires -- 13. The Catholic missions in Asia -- 14. From triumph to crisis.

"The second edition of The World of Catholic Renewal offers an updated synthesis of the vast scholarship on the history of Catholicism from the Council of Trent in the middle of the sixteenth century to the suppression of the Society of Jesus in the eighteenth century. Professor Hsia discusses the doctrinal and ecclesiastical renewal after Trent and the progress of Catholic reconquest in various lands. He analyzes the social composition of the Tridentine clergy and the papal curia, and studies the making of early modern sainthood and the enclosure of religious women. Encompassing art and architecture, Hsia attempts to understand Catholic renewal as a vast historical development that shaped European civilization, and also explores its expansion and encounter with non-Christian cultures in America, Africa, and Asia. The new edition of this acclaimed textbook offers an additional chapter on "The Catholic Book" as well as an updated bibliography."--BOOK JACKET.