Christian Heretics in Late Imperial China: Christian Inculturation and State Control, 1720-1850

by Lars Peter Laamann

Book Overview

Following the prohibition of missionary activity after 1724, China's Christians were effectively cut off from all foreign theological guidance. The ensuing isolation forced China's Christian communities to become self-reliant in perpetuating the basic principles of their faith. Left to their own devices, the missionary seed developed into a panoply of indigenous traditions, with Christian ancestry as the common denominator. Christianity thus underwent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415297796
• ISBN13: 9780415297790
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"