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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/mary-and-guanyin-in-china-japa
 n-and-the-philippines-devotion-in-comparison/
SUMMARY:Mary and Guanyin In China\, Japan\, and The Philippines: Devotion I
 n Comparison
DESCRIPTION:Co Sponsor: The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural Hi
 story at Boston College\n\nThis presentation examines encounters between d
 evotion to the Virgin Mary and the bodhisattva Guanyin in China\, Japan\, 
 and the Philippines. It argues that shared images\, narratives\, and ritua
 ls enabled forms of cross-reading through which believers translated unfam
 iliar figures into emotionally and functionally meaningful ones. While vis
 ual and devotional analogies emerged within distinct social and political 
 contexts\, doctrinal boundaries largely remained intact. The Marian–Guan
 yin nexus thus illuminates how devotion in comparison fostered recognition
  without theological convergence.\n\nFree and open to the faculty\, studen
 ts of Boston College and other scholars. This is an in-person and online p
 resentation. Lunch is provided for all registered attendees. Space is limi
 ted and registration is required. Please register here.
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CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Conference Room\, The BC Ricci Institute\, 2125 Commonwealth Avenu
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