Changing paradigms of Christian higher education in China, 1888-1950 / Peter Tze Ming Ng ; in collaboration with Philip Yuen Sang Leung, Edward Yi Hua Xu, Jing Huan Shi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Ziming.

Contributor:

Liang, Yuansheng.

Xu, Edward Yihua, 1955-

Shi, Jing Huan.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Chinese studies ; v. 25.

Chinese studies ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian universities and colleges--China--History--19th century.

Christian universities and colleges.

Education, Higher.

History.

China.

Christian universities and colleges--China--History--20th century.

Education, Higher--China--History--19th century.

Education, Higher--China--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

vi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [2002]

Contents:

1. Christian Colleges in the 19th & 20th Centuries China

2. Research on Christian Colleges since 1950s

3. The Cultural Knot: A Philosophical Enquiry

4. The Present Research- Some underlying Rationale

Chapter 1 Christian Colleges and Theological Education

From Core to Periphery 41

1. Role of Theological Education at the Beginning of Christian Colleges in China

2. Development of Theological Education since 1910s

3. The Burton Report in 1920s

4. The Three Commissions Reports in 1930s

5. Concluding Remark: "From a Beloved Child to an Orphan"

Chapter 2 The Changing Phases of Religious Education

Core or Periphery? 101

1. The Shifting of Paradigms

2. The Vision of John Leighton Stuart

3. Development of Religious Curriculum Since 1925

4. The Search for Educational Religious Education

5. Religious Education As an Academic Discipline

6. Religious Courses As Part of the General Education Curriculum

7. Concluding Remarks: "A Process of Modernization"

Chapter 3 Chinese Studies at Christian Colleges in Modern China

From Periphery to Core 129

1. Introduction: The Emergence of 'Guoxue'

2. From Service to Strength

3. 'Guoxue' and Cultural Identity

4. 'Guoxue Yanjiu' and Nation Building

5. Concluding Remark: 'The Study of a Paradox'

Chapter 4 Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in Christian Colleges -An Interplay Between Core and Periphery 155

1. Introduction: Basic Framework and Issues

2. Ancient Culturalism and Modern Nationalism in China

3. Christian Colleges and Chinese Intellectuals Facing the Dilemma

a. Christian Universalism

b. Modern Nationalism

c. "Good Christians Should Also Be Good Citizens"

d. "Can One Serve Both God and One's Country?"

4. Concluding Remark: 'The Choice Between God and Mammon'

Chapter 5 The Cultural Knot

Contemplation Beyond the Core and the Periphery 193

1. Encounter Between Chinese and Western Cultures

2. The Complementarity of Religion and Education

3. Guoxue Yanjiu as a Mark of Christian Colleges in China

4. Beyond the Choice of Nationalism and Cosmopolitarianism

5. Christian Colleges in China

Melting Pots for the Two Cultures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-218) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0773470514

OCLC:

49351967