Catholic Universities as Missionary Spaces. Wilhelm Schmidt, Chen Yuan, and the Catholic University in Beijing.

The article discusses the relation between the Catholic University in Beijing (Furen University) and the missionary society Society of the Divine Word (Societas Verbi Divini, SVD). It is said that the SVD experienced a conflict with Chinese faculty, as well as university president Chen Yuan, due to both moral and intellectual issues. Topics include the influence of anthropologist Wilhelm Schmidt's educational philosophy on the university, the relation between moral and political aspects of Christian college education in China, and the influence of nationalism on the disputes.