Art as a Pathway to God: A Historical-Theological Study of the Jesuit Mission to China, 1552–1773, written by Susangeline Yalili Patrick

the pseudo-cylindrical projection makes it impossible to categorize the map as either "European" or "Chinese."Furthermore, although the map is known today as Ricci's world map, Ricci himself clearly credits his Chinese collaborators by name, thus emphasizing that it is a collective work in which the Jesuits were the transmitters of this transcultural knowledge and not its exclusive creators.Such an approach to cultural complementation is rooted in Ricci's theological work.Ricci's book The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven argues that Confucianism and Christianity are not opposed to each other, but are, in fact, remarkably similar in key respects.In conclusion, despite the existence of extremely extensive literature on Matteo Ricci and his cartography, this edition encourages a new reading of his map, providing a new approach to a better understanding of Sino-Western cultural exchange in the early modern global world.