Christianity in China: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present By Daniel H. Bays

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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 putting down roots within Chinese society and it is still in the process of doing so Thus Christianity is here interpreted as not just a Western religion that imposed itself on China but one that was becoming a Chinese religion as Buddhism did centuries ago. Christianity in chinese Eschewing the usual focus on foreign missionaries this research effort is China centered drawing on Chinese sources including government and organizational documents private papers and interviews Christianity in China From the Eighteenth Century to the Present