The Bible and the Gun: Christianity in South China, 1860-1900

by Joseph Tse Lee and Joseph Tse-Hei Lee

Book Overview

This book takes a new look at the impacts of Christianity in the late-nineteenth-century China. Using American Baptist and English Presbyterian examples in Guangdong province, it examines the scale of Chinese conversions, the creation of Christian villages, and the power relations between Christians and non-Christians, and between different Christian denominations. This book is based on a very comprehensive foundation of data. By supplementing the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138008907
• ISBN13: 9781138008908
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"