TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cheung,David
TI  - Christianity in modern China: the making of the first native Protestant church 
T2  - Studies in Christian mission,
SN  - 9789047402336
AV  - BV3420.F8 C48 2004
U1  - 280/.4/0951245 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Leiden, Boston, MA
PB  - Brill
KW  - Missions
KW  - China
KW  - Fujian Sheng
KW  - History
KW  - fast
KW  - Protestant churches
KW  - Fujian Sheng (China)
KW  - Church history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-389) and index; Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- MISSIONARY OBJECTIVES AND IDEAL -- MISSION METHODS -- MISSIONARY LIMITATIONS -- CHINESE LABOURS (I) -- CHINESE LABOURS (II) -- ECCLESIASTICAL UNION -- AN ASSESSMENT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN MISSION; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - Using mainly hitherto unstudied primary materials, this monograph studies a very significant episode in Chinese Christianity. Focusing on the origins and earliest history of Protestantism in South Fujian, this analytical-critical study investigates the evolution of the churches which pioneered in indigenisation and ecclesiastical union in China during the nineteenth century. Some subjects studied are primitive missionary objectives and methods, the relationship between the ‘Talmage ideal’ and the Three-self concept, and the nature and dynamics of ‘native’ religious work. Extremely useful is the critical assessment of South Fujian in terms of self-propagation, self-government, self-support and organic union. The key areas suggested for future research are also quite thought-provoking. The volume is especially valuable to social and church historians, missiologists and sociologists
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047402336
ER  -