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How Christianity Came to China : A Brief History /

"The story of the foreign missionaries who served in China between 1809 and 1949 is one of fervent religious commitment and of the loss of faith, of determined perseverance and of angry frustration, of accepting people as they are and of cultural superiority . . . of human kindness and of narro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lodwick, Kathleen L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Colección:Understanding world Christianity.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Chronology of China's major dynasties and twentieth-century events -- Introduction -- 1. Chronology -- 2. Denominationalism -- 3. Sociopolitical -- 4. Geographic -- 5. Missionary and Chinese Christian biographies -- 6. Four theological issues in the China missions -- Conclusion. 
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