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"His Dominion" and the "Yellow Peril" : protestant missions to the Chinese immigrants in Canada, 1859-1967 / Jiwu Wang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Jiwu, 1956-
- Series:
- Editions SR ; v. 31.
- Editions SR ; v. 31
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese--Missions--Canada--History.
- Chinese.
- Protestant churches--Missions--Canada--History.
- Protestant churches.
- Chinese--Canada--Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A history of Chinese immigrants encounter with Canadian Protestant missionaries, ""His Dominion"" and the ""Yellow Peril"": Protestant Missions to Chinese Immigrants in Canada, 1859-1967, analyzes the evangelizing activities of missionaries and the role of religion in helping Chinese immigrants affirm their ethnic identity in a climate of cultural conflict. Jiwu Wang argues that, by working toward a vision of Canada that espoused Anglo-Saxon Protestant values, missionaries inevitably reinforced popular cultural stereotypes about the Chinese and widened the gap between Chine
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; Introduction; Chapter 1. Chinese Immigrants and Their Lives in Canada; Chapter 2. Individual Missionary Efforts to Reach Chinese Immigrants in Canada since 1859; Chapter 3. Establishment of the Missions: The Organized Work among the Chinese from 1885 to 1923; Chapter 4. Crisis and Development: Missions from 1923 to 1967; Chapter 5. Response to Chinese Immigrants and the Motives and Methods of the Protestant Missions; Chapter 6. Chinese Response to Protestant Missions; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-180) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610465644
- 9781554588152
- 1554588154
- 9781280465642
- 1280465646
- 9781554581412
- 1554581419
- 9781423785620
- 1423785622
- OCLC:
- 753479610
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