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The Bible and the Gun

Christianity in South China, 1860-1900

Joseph Tse-Hei Lee author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:25th Oct '02

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This book takes a new look at the impacts of Christianity in the late-nineteenth-century China. Using American Baptist and English Presbyterian examples in Guangdong province, it examines the scale of Chinese conversions, the creation of Christian villages, and the power relations between Christians and non-Christians, and between different Christian denominations. This book is based on a very comprehensive foundation of data. By supplementing the Protestant missionary and Chinese archival materials with fieldwork data that were collected in several Christian villages, this study not only highlights the inner dynamics of Chinese Christianity but also explores a variety of crisis management strategies employed by missionaries, Christian converts, foreign diplomats and Chinese officials in local politics.

ISBN: 9780415933834

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 620g

246 pages