The Bible and the gun : Christianity in South China, 1860-1900 / Joseph Tse-Hei Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Joseph Tse-Hei, 1971- author.

Series:

East Asia (New York, N.Y.)

East Asia history, politics, sociology, culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions, American--China--Chaozhou Shi Region--History--19th century.

Missions, American.

Baptists--Missions--China--Chaozhou Shi Region--History--19th century.

Baptists.

Missions, English--China--Chaozhou Shi Region--History--19th century.

Missions, English.

Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Chaozhou Shi Region--History--19th century.

Presbyterian Church.

Chaozhou Region (China)--Church history--19th century.

Chaozhou Region (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book takes a new look at the impacts of Christianity in the late-nineteenth-century China. Using American Baptist and English Presbyterian examples in Guangdong province, it examines the scale of Chinese conversions, the creation of Christian villages, and the power relations between Christians and non-Christians, and between different Christian denominations. This book is based on a very comprehensive foundation of data. By supplementing the Protestant missionary and Chinese archival materials with fieldwork data that were collected in several Christian villages, this study not only high

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The World of Chaozhou; 2 The Return of Overseas Chinese Christians; 3 The Protestant Expansion into the Interior; 4 Chinese Church Memberships; 5 Rural Church Networks; 6 The First Murder or Martyrdom?; 7 The Lord of Heaven versus Jesus Christ; 8 Protestant Denominational Conflict; 9 Customary Dispute and Intra-Village Violence; 10 Conclusion; Appendices; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published in 2003 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-79462-1

1-315-81113-8

1-317-79463-X

9781315811130

OCLC:

874171716