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China, Christianity, and the Question of Culture
Yang Huilin
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Paperback. The possibility of Christianity in China Editor(s): Jing, Zhang. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Christian missionaries in China have been viewed as agents of Western imperialist values. Yang Huilin, leading scholar of Sino-Christian studies, has dedicated himself to re-evaluating the history of Christianity in China and sifting through intellectual and religious results of missionary efforts in China. Yang focuses upon local histories of Christianity to chronicle its enduring good. China, Christianity, and the Question of Culture illuminates the unexplored links between Christianity and Chinese culture, from Christianity and higher education in China to the rural acculturation of Christian ideology by indigenous communities. In a distinctly Chinese voice, Yang presents the legacy of Western missionaries ... Read more
Christian missionaries in China have been viewed as agents of Western imperialist values. Yang Huilin, leading scholar of Sino-Christian studies, has dedicated himself to re-evaluating the history of Christianity in China and sifting through intellectual and religious results of missionary efforts in China. Yang focuses upon local histories of Christianity to chronicle its enduring good. China, Christianity, and the Question of Culture illuminates the unexplored links between Christianity and Chinese culture, from Christianity and higher education in China to the rural acculturation of Christian ideology by indigenous communities. In a distinctly Chinese voice, Yang presents the legacy of Western missionaries ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781481300186
SKU
V9781481300186
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99-1
About Yang Huilin
David Lyle Jeffrey is Distinguished Professor of Literature and the Humanities at Baylor University. He is the author or editor of more than 12 books including Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture .
Reviews for China, Christianity, and the Question of Culture
Yang's essays cover a remarkable range of thinking and one can only hope that, at a time when much of the scramble to establish links between Chinese and Western universities is unseemly, hasty and unattractive, this serious and intellectual voice is clearly heard and engaged with in both universities and beyond.
David Jasper, Glasgow University
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David Jasper, Glasgow University
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