- 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]
- 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
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ASIA CENTER
Harvard Studies in American-East Asian Relations 9
Christianity in China
Early Protestant Missionary Writings
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ISBN 9780674128811
Publication Date: 07/24/1985
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