Christianity in China

Early Protestant Missionary Writings

Edited by Suzanne Wilson Barnett

Edited by John King Fairbank

    Preface

    Contributors

    1. Introduction: The Place of Protestant Writings in China's Cultural History
    John King Fairbank

    The Signification of Protestant Christianity

    Highlights of this Volume

    2. Christian Tracts: The Two Friends
    Daniel H. Bays

    Christian Tract Production

    William Milne 's Best Seller

    Further Comments

    3. Liang Fa's Quest for Moral Power
    P. Richard Bohr

    From Sinner to Christian

    Good Words to Admonish the Age

    4. W. H. Medhurst: Rewriting the Missionary Message
    Jane Kate Leonard

    Confronting Chinese indifference

    New Types of Religious Tracts

    Writings on Secular Subjects

    5. Karl F. A. Gützlaff: Missionary Entrepreneur
    Jessie G. Lutz

    His Adventurous Career

    His Mission Methodology

    England Compared with China

    6. Protestant Geography in China: E. C. Bridgman's Portrayal of the West
    Fred W. Drake

    Bridgman and the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

    Gützlaff's Chinese Magazine

    Bridgman's Short Account of the USA

    7. Justus Doolittle at Foochow: Christian Values in the Treaty Ports
    Suzanne Wilson Barnett

    Tracts and the Protestant Message in Chinese

    Social Life of the Chinese

    Missionary Values and Chinese Reformers

    8. Christianity and Chinese Sects: Religious Tracts in the Late Nineteenth Century
    Daniel H. Bays

    Chinese Sectarianism and Christianity

    Parallels in Ideas and Practices

    Literature as a Bridge?

    9. Elementary Education in the Mission Enterprise
    Evelyn S. Rawski

    Coming to Terms with the Chinese Educational Tradition

    The Native Teacher

    Chinese Primers

    The Christian Three-Character Classic

    10. Chinese and American Characteristics: Arthur H. Smith and His China Book
    Charles W. Hayford

    Smith's Background and Early Years in China

    Chinese Characteristics: Its Construction and Argument

    Smith's Major Conclusions

    Abbreviations

    Notes

    Bibliography

    Glossary

    Index

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John King Fairbank was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University.