Selected as one of Ten Outstanding Books of 2017 for Mission Studies by the International
Bulletin of Mission Research This sociological portrait presents how Chinese Christians …

By comparing the role and influence of early Christian missionaries with those of Christian
NGOs today, this book critically assesses the idea of a Christian'civilizing mission'within the …

Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth life history interviews, this
illuminating book provides an intimate portrait of contemporary Chinese Christianity in the …

This book provides a significant new interpretation of China's rapid urbanization by
analyzing its impact on the spread of Protestant Christianity in the People's Republic …

Christianity is one of the fastest growing religions in China. Despite its long history in China
and its significant indigenization or intertwinement with Chinese society and culture …

Named by the International Bulletin of Missionary Studies as an Outstanding Book of 2014
for Mission Studies Despite the ongoing global expansion of Christianity, there remains a …

This ethnographic study of a Chinese Catholic village reveals how the rapid penetration of
transnational processes into the People s Republic of China during the post-Mao period has …

Christianity is often praised as an agent of Chinese modernization or damned as a form of
cultural and religious imperialism. In both cases, Christianity's foreignness and the social …

The story of Catholicism and Protestantism in China, Japan, and Korea has been told in
great detail. The existing literature is especially rich in documenting church and missionary …

Introduction Alongside the numerical growth of Chinese Protestant Christianity, qualitative
changes are happening within the Christian population. Gone are the days when elderly …