| Description |
1 online resource (312 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Note on Romanization; Abbreviations; List of Maps and Tables; Map of Mission Stations; 1. Introduction; 2. Biography of Jiang Jiaoren; 3. Biography of Zhang Fuxing; 4. Biography of Dai Wenguang; 5. Biography of Xu Fuguang; 6. Biography of Zhang Zhongmu; 7. Autobiography of Lai 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 |
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13. Hakka Women14. 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; Bibliography; Glossary; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lutz, Rolland Ray
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| ISBN |
9781317469223 |
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1317469224 |
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