Название: A New History of Christianity in China
Автор: Daniel H. Bays
Издательство: Blackwell
Год: 2012
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 248
Размер: 29.7 Мб
Язык: английский
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