Missionary primitivism and Chinese modernity : the brethren in twentieth-century China
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Missionary primitivism and Chinese modernity : the brethren in twentieth-century China
(Studies in Christian mission, v. 54)
Brill, c2019
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-168) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Maps and Figures
Abbreviations
Note on Sources
Introduction
1 Living by Faith: Brethren Missionaries in the Modern World
2 'So Far from this Land as China': the Primitivism of Watchman Nee
3 'To the Uttermost Part': Reginald Sturt and the Evangelisation of the Mongols
4 Primitivism and Politics: the Echoes of Service Mission to Tibet
5 Missionary Primitivism versus Chinese Modernity: Fallout From the Withdrawal From China
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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