Robert Morrison and the Protestant Plan for China Christopher A. Daily.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daily, Christopher A., author.

Series:

Royal Asiatic Society books.

Royal Asiatic Society books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morrison, Robert, 1782-1834.

Protestantism--China--History.

Protestantism.

Missionaries--Great Britain--Biography.

Missionaries.

Missionaries--China--Biography.

China--Church history.

China.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Robert Morrison, sent alone to his East Asian post by the London Missionary Society in 1807, was the first Protestant missionary to operate in China. During some 27 years in China, Macau and Malacca, he worked as a translator, founded an academy for converts and missionaries, translated the New Testament into Chinese and compiled the first Chinese-English dictionary. In this process, he was building the foundation of Chinese Protestant Christianity. Today, Chinese Protestant Christianity becomes one of the largest Christian churches in the world and the fastest growing religion in China. This.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The birth of British evangelicalism and the disappointment of the earliest LMS missions

The new approach to missions : Gosport Academy and David Bogue's strategy

Looking towards China : Morrison's work in London and the voyage to China

Communicating the Gospel to China : Robert Morrison uses Bogue's programme to propagate to the Chinese

The Ultra Ganges Mission Station, a printing centre, and the final educational step of the template

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-253) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789888268689

9888268686

9789888180974

9888180975

OCLC:

858763479