Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China write by R. G. Tiedemann. This book was released on 2009-09-02. Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Assists scholars in their search for material on the anthropological, educational, medical, scientific, social, political, and religious dimensions of the missionary presence in China. This guide facilitates research concerning the history of Christianity in China as well as the wider Sino-Western cultural encounter.
Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century
Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century write by R. G. Tiedemann. This book was released on 2016-07-01. Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This comprehensive guide will facilitate scholarly research concerning the history of Christianity in China as well as the wider Sino-Western cultural encounter. It will assist scholars in their search for material on the anthropological, educational, medical, scientific, social, political, and religious dimensions of the missionary presence in China prior to 1950.The guide contains nearly five hundred entries identifying both Roman Catholic and Protestant missionary sending agencies and related religious congregations. Each entry includes the organization's name in English, followed by its Chinese name, country of origin, and denominational affiliation. Special attention has been paid to identifying the many small, lesser-known groups that arrived in China during the early decades of the twentieth century. In addition, a special category of the as yet little-studied indigenous communities of Chinese women has also been included. Multiple indexes enhance the guide's accessibility.
The History of Christian Missions in Guangxi, China
The History of Christian Missions in Guangxi, China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The History of Christian Missions in Guangxi, China write by Arthur Lin. This book was released on 2020-01-29. The History of Christian Missions in Guangxi, China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The History of Christian Missions in Guangxi, China describes the fascinating history of Catholic and Protestant missions in bandit-infested Guangxi from the seventeenth century to the present. Included is an overview of Guangxi’s historical context and its development throughout the twentieth century. Particular attention is given to the missionaries through abundant quotations and several short biographies. Other chapters include: •an examination of the relationships between mission societies and the missionaries that served in Guangxi •a detailed history of outreach to Guangxi’s minorities, including the Zhuang, Yao, Dong, and Miao •an analysis of the missionary methods and ministries of compassion •a breakdown of the costs and challenges faced by the missionaries, including martyrdom and death •an evaluation of the receptivity levels and results in Guangxi over time The book ends with an appendix of missionary quotations on life in Guangxi, to which contemporary missionaries in South China could easily relate. Although this is a regional study, readers will gain a much clearer picture of nineteenth- and twentieth-century missions and be spurred on to sacrificially make Christ known in the least reached parts of the world.
How Christianity Came to China
How Christianity Came to China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How Christianity Came to China write by Kathleen L. Lodwick. This book was released on 2016-12-01. How Christianity Came to China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “The story of the foreign missionaries who served in China between 1809 and 1949 is one of fervent religious commitment and of the loss of faith, of determined perseverance and of angry frustration, of accepting people as they are and of cultural superiority . . . of human kindness and of narrow prejudice, of those who loved China and of those who refused to acknowledge the society in which they lived, of those who spent their entire adult lives in China and of those who fled home as soon as possible, and of those who admired China and of those who were driven insane by living in China. In short, it is a story of ordinary people with all their good qualities and all their shortcomings.” In all of its complexity, Kathleen L. Lodwick tells the story of Christianity in China. It’s essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the contemporary phenomena that is Christianity in China, which some people predict soon will be the country with the largest Christian population in the world.
Handbook of Christianity in China
Handbook of Christianity in China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook of Christianity in China write by Nicolas Standaert. This book was released on 2009-12-01. Handbook of Christianity in China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The second volume on Christianity in China covers the period from 1800 to the present day, dealing with the complexities of both Catholic and Protestant aspects.
