Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-158) and index.

Preliminary material / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- PROLOGUE / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- WRETCHED MINORITIES / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- TRIBAL WORK IN YUNNAN / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- SELF-DENYING MISSIONARIES / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- A NEW LEASE ON LIFE / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- DIVERGENT VIEWS AMONG THE HAN CHINESE / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- THE FIRST PHASE OF THE TRYING YEARS / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- THE SECOND PHASE OF THE TRYING YEARS (1957-1977) / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- REKINDLED HOPE / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- EPILOGUE / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- APPENDIX I: THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCENTRALIZED POLITICAL SYSTEMS - A THEORETICAL INQUIRY / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- APPENDIX II: HISTORICAL DESIGNATIONS OF THE ETHNIC MINORITIES IN YUNNAN / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- APPENDIX III: POPULATION OF THE ETHNIC MINORITIES IN YUNNAN, 1985 / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- ABBREVIATIONS / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- BIBLIOGRAPHY / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- INDEX / T’IEN JU-K’ANG -- STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN MISSION / T’IEN JU-K’ANG.

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This is a pioneering study of the impact of Christianization among the Chinese. Focusing primarily on the minority peoples of Yunnan province, it nonetheless fully mirrors the historical development of the Protestant mission in China. Drawing on many years of observation in the field and upon a comprehensive consultation of official documents relating to Christians on the mountain peaks, the study chronicles how the early foreign missionaries, thanks to their self-sacrifice and the examples they set of religious zeal, cemented the hitherto segregatory and leaderless tribes together, vigorously shaking the desolate mountain folk out of their age-long isolation. It was the trend of the time to identify Christianity as the desirable agent to promote socio-economic change in the undeveloped communities. This is a timely original contribution to the historical study of the Christian missionary enterprise and the pressing problem of freedom of worship that currently exists in China.