A New History of Christianity in China
Blackwell Guides to Global Christianity
1. Edition July 2011
252 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
In this new book, one of the world's leading writers in the field looks at Christianity's long history in China, its extraordinarily rapid rise in the last half of the twentieth century, and charts its future direction. Bays unfolds a bold reinterpretation which reveals a process that was closely bound up with national and local politics. A New History of Christianity in China offers a broad scope and incorporates the major scholarship of the last 30 years, weaving a balanced narrative of Christianity's long history in China, tracing its transformation from an imported, Western religion to a thoroughly Chinese religion today.
A New History of Christianity in China, written by one of the world's the leading writers on Christianity in China, looks at Christianity's long history in China, its extraordinarily rapid rise in the last half of the twentieth century, and charts its future direction.
* Provides the first comprehensive history of Christianity in China, an important, understudied area in both Asian studies and religious history
* Traces the transformation of Christianity from an imported, Western religion to a thoroughly Chinese religion
* Contextualizes the growth of Christianity in China within national and local politics
* Offers a portrait of the complex religious scene in China today
* Contrasts China with other non-Western societies where Christianity is surging
Introduction.
1. The Nestorian Age and the Mongol Mission, 635-1368.
2. The Jesuit Mission of Early Modern Times and Its Fate.
3. Protestant Beginnings, Catholics Redux, and China's First Indigenous Christians, 1800-1860.
4. Expansion and Institution-building in a Declining Dynasty, 1860-1902.
5. The "Golden Age" of Missions and the "Sino-Foreign Protestant Establishment," 1902-1927.
6. The Multiple Crises of Chinese Christianity, 1927-1950.
7. Christianity and the New China, 1950-1966.
8. The Chinese Church from the End of the Cultural Revolution to the Early Twenty-first Century.
Appendix: The Russian Orthodox Church and Ecclesiastical Mission in China.
Bibliography.
Index.
