Part One: Pre-Protestant Missions (Beginnings-1807) -- 1. Alopen and the first Christian in China -- 2. Marco Polo, Kublai Khan, and the Franciscan Friars -- 3. Matteo Ricci, the Jesuits, and the emperor of China -- Part Two: Protestant Missions and Chinese Angst (1807-1900) -- 4. Robert Morrison, the British, and Liang Fa -- 5. The Opium Wars, the Taipings, and Hong Xiuquan -- 6. Sowing the seed -- 7. Reaping the whirlwind -- 8. Missions compounds -- Part Three: Independent Chinese Churches (1900-1949) -- 9. New China -- 10. New enemies of Christianity -- 11. Cross currents -- 12. Rethinking imperialism -- 13. Real lives -- Part Four: From 1949 to the Present, and Prospects for the Future (1949-Present) -- 14. A land without missionaries -- 15. A land without Christians -- 16. Out of the dark shadows, into the light of the global stage.
Summary:
"The Christian church was always destined to find its way to China. Long before the birth of the church, China existed, coalescing around profound philosophical concepts and powerful cultural symbols. It developed into a dynamic and enduring civilization. In time, Christian missionaries arrived on its shores, driven to bring the gospel to this people. This book starts with the story of that journey: the arrival of the missionaries who planted the seeds of the gospel in Chinese soil. As the seeds sprouted and grew, a new story of a unique and distinct Chinese church began. The epic narrative opens from uncertain beginnings in darkness, passes through intense hardship and years of struggle, and culminates with the triumphal emergence of the Chinese church from the shadows into the light of the global stage."--Publisher.
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