Hakka Chinese Confront Protestant Christianity, 1850-1900: With the Autobiographies of Eight Hakka Christians, and Commentary

by Jessie Gregory Lutz, Rolland Ray Lutz

Overview

This work focuses on the 19th-century mission conducted by Chinese evangelists among the Hakka, an ethnic minority in south China. The principal part of the text comprises the autobiographies of eight pioneer missionaries who offer insight into village life and customs of the Hakka people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317469216
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/04/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Jessie Gregory Lutz, Rolland Ray Lutz

Table of Contents

List of Maps; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Tsarist Roots of Russia's Foreign Policy; 3. Soviet Foreign Policy: From Revolution to Cold War; 4. Soviet Foreign Policy: The Cold War; 5. Domestic Factors in the Making of Russia's Foreign Policy; 6.

Editorial Reviews

Commemorates the dedicated work of both the initiators of the Basel China mission: Karl G<:u>tzlaff, Theodor Hamberg, and Rudolf Lechler, and the earliest Chinese evangelists: Jiang Jiaoren, Zhang Fuxing, Dai Wenguang, Xu Fuguang, Zhang Zhongmu, Lai Xinglian, Zhang Yunfa, and Li Zhenggao. The reconstruction of their lives and work offer an unusual opportunity to look at peasant life in the interior of South China and at the village level. Paper edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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