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Robert Morrison and the Protestant Plan for China /
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 Test...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2013.
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| Colección: | Royal Asiatic Society books.
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Notas: | Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (272 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789888180974 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |