Hakka Chinese Confront Protestant Christianity, 1850-1900 - With the Autobiographies of Eight Hakka Christians, and Commentary

This work focuses on the 19th-century mission conducted by Chinese evangelists among the Hakka, an ethnic minority in south China. The principal part of the text comprises the autobiographies of eight pioneer missionaries who offer insight into village life and customs of the Hakka people.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Biography of Jiang Jiaoren 3. Biography of Zhang Fuxing 4. Biography ofDai Wenguang 5. Biography of Xu Fuguang 6. Biography of Zhang Zhongmu 7. Autobiography ofLai Xinglian 8. Biography of Zhang Yunfa 9. The Life of the Departed Deacon Li Zhenggao 10. Poverty in the Highlands 11. Geomancy, Spirits and Souls, Death and Burial Rituals 12. Social Disorder, Lineage Feuds, and Banditry 13. Hakka Women 14. Appeals of Christianity and Chinese Religious Sects 15. Deterrants and Hardships 16. Arrival of Westerners and Persecution 17. Challenges to Confucian Society: Women 18. Parochial Education 19. Autonomy, Expansion, and Indigenization 20. Epilogue

About the author

Jessie Gregory Lutz, Rolland Ray Lutz

Product details

• Authors: Jessie Gregory Lutz, Rolland Ray Lutz, Lutz Jessie Gregory, Lutz Rolland Ray
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.1997
• EAN: 9780765600387
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0038-7
• No. of pages: 312
• Weight: 560 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Cultural Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches