Christianity in China: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present
Daniel H. Bays (Ed.)
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Paperback. This volume will aims to reassess of many common assumptions about the relationship between Christianity and modern China. It argues that despite the conflicts and tension Christianity has been putting down roots within Chinese society, and it is still in the process of doing so. Editor(s): Bays, Daniel. Num Pages: 508 pages, illustrations, half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 675.
This pathbreaking volume will force a reassessment of many common assumptions about the relationship between Christianity and modern China. The overall thrust of the twenty essays is that despite the conflicts and tension that often have characterized relations between Christianity and China, in fact Christianity has been, for the past two centuries or more, putting down roots within Chinese society, and it is still in the process of doing so. Thus Christianity is here interpreted not just as a Western religion that imposed itself on China, but one that was becoming a Chinese religion, as Buddhism did centuries ago.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
Number of Pages
508
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804736510
SKU
V9780804736510
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About Daniel H. Bays (Ed.)
Daniel H. Bays is Professor of History at the University of Kansas.
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"This work is unique in that it subjects the history of Christianity in China to rigorous historical investigation. No other work on the subject can compare even remotely with it in depth and breadth of documentation and in analysis. The papers all reflect original research in sources seldom or never used before, and they are as much concerned with social ... Read more