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Missionary primitivism and Chinese modernity : the Brethren in twentieth-century China
- Title
- Missionary primitivism and Chinese modernity : the Brethren in twentieth-century China / by David Woodbridge.
- Author
- Woodbridge, David
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- viii, 173 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- In Missionary Primitivism and Chinese Modernity: the Brethren in Twentieth-Century China, David Woodbridge offers an account of a little-known Protestant missionary group. Often depicted as extreme and marginal, the Brethren were in fact an influential force within modern evangelicalism. They sought to recreate the life of the primitive church, and to replicate the simplicity and dynamism of its missionary work. Using newly-released archive material, Woodbridge examines the activities of Brethren missionaries in diverse locations across China, from the cosmopolitan treaty ports to the Mongolian and Tibetan frontiers. The book presents a fascinating encounter between primitivist missionaries and a modernising China, and reveals the important role of the Brethren in the development of Chinese Christianity.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; Volume 54
- Uniform Title
- Studies in Christian mission ; v. 54.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Church history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-168) and index.
- Contents
- Living by faith : Brethren missionaries in the modern world -- So far from this land as China : the primitivism of Watchman Nee -- To the uttermost part : Reginald Sturt and the evangelisation of the Mongols -- Primitivism and politics : the echoes of service mission to Tibet -- Missionary primitivism versus Chinese modernity : fallout from the withdrawal from China.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-2818
- ISBN
- 9789004336759
- 9004336753
- 9789004376106 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018041138
- OCLC
- 1043590178
- Author
- Woodbridge, David, author.
- Title
- Missionary primitivism and Chinese modernity : the Brethren in twentieth-century China / by David Woodbridge.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; Volume 54Studies in Christian mission ; v. 54.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-168) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Woodbridge, David, author. Missionary primitivism and Chinese modernity (DLC) 2018046309 Boston : Brill, 2018 9789004376106
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-2818