A new history of Christianity in China
Новая история христианства в Китае
2012-03-01
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Nestorian and the Mongol Mission, 635-1368 4 2. The Jesuit Mission of Early Modern Times and Its Fate 17 3. Protestant Beginnings, Catholics Redux, and China's First Indigenous Christians, 1800-1860 41 4. Expansion and Institution-building in a Declining Dynasty, 1860-1902 66 5. The Golden Age of Missions and the Sino-Foreign Protestant Establishment, 1902-1927 92 6. The Multiple Crises of Chinese Christianity, 1927-1950 121 7. Christianity and the New China, 1950-1966 158 8. The Chinese Church from the End of the Cultural Revolution to the Early Twenty-first Century 183 Appendix: The Russian Orthodox Church and Ecclesiastical Mission in China 209 Bibliography 217 Index 229
Key Findings
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It analyzes successive crises affecting Chinese Christianity from 1927 to 1950, followed by its transformation under the New China after 1950.
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It examines major Catholic and Protestant missionary phases, including Jesuit activity, Protestant beginnings, Catholic revival, and indigenous Chinese Christians.
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The book traces the Chinese Church’s development from the end of the Cultural Revolution into the early twenty-first century and includes Russian Orthodox missions as an appendix.
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The history emphasizes Christianity’s institutional expansion and the development of Sino-foreign Protestant structures between 1860 and 1927.
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The work presents a chronological history of Christianity in China from the Nestorian mission in 635 through the early twenty-first century.
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Christianity in China
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The historical development, missions, institutions, crises, and indigenous formation of Christianity in China from 635 to the early twenty-first century
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