夏伯嘉（Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia）,

“会合与转变：贞女玛利亚与晚明海神妈祖”（"Convergence and conversion: The Virgin Mary and Mazu

as maritime patroness in Late Imperial China"）

Urbaniana University Journal LXVIII (2015) no.2, pp. 149-172

(annotated text of the VII Lectio Magistralis of Chinese Studies 2015 organized by the Urbaniana University Centre for Chinese Studies, 12 March 2015).

Abstract (p. 173): This article is based on missionary sources on the cult of Mazu practiced by Minnan sailors, on whose ships many missionaries sailed en route toChina. It compares devotional practices of Mazu with those of the Virgin Mary as maritime patroness and suggest a theory of cultural convergence in understanding conversion to Christianity.