Research Catalog

Title

China's millions : the China Inland Mission and late Qing Society, 1832-1905 / Alvyn Austin.

Author

Austin, Alvyn, 1945-

Publication

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2007.

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Details

Description

xxxi, 506 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

Banner-carrying Salvation Army marchers, stone-silent Quakers, jumpy Midwestern revivalists, and Prayer-book Anglicans all made up the mixed multitude sent to the Middle Kingdom by the China Inland Mission (CIM) in the nineteenth century. In China's Millions veteran historian Alvyn Austin crafts a compelling narrative of the sprawling history of the China Inland Mission. This book introduces readers to a remarkable array of sights, from the visionary, charismatic sect-leader Pastor Hsi, to the "wordless book," a missionary teaching device that fit perfectly with Chinese color cosmology, to the opium-soaked aftermath of the North China Famine of 187779. Clear, readable, and well researched, China's Millions digs deeply into the Chinese and Western past to tell a story of the strange yet hopeful result of two cultures colliding. - Publisher.

Series Statement

Studies in the history of Christian missions

Uniform Title

Studies in the history of Christian missions.

Subjects

• History
• Church history
• Geschichte 1832-1905
• 1900-1910
• 1800-1900
• 1800-1899
• Taylor, Hudson, 1832-1905
• China Inland Mission
• China > Church history > 19th century
• Missions > China > History > 19th century

Genre/Form

• Church history
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-479) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I: The first generation, 1832-1880 -- Black Barnsley, 1832-1851 -- The wicket-gate, 1851-1865 -- Calling the pilgrim band, 1865-1866 -- The land of strangers, 1866-1875 -- The valley of the shadow, 1875-1880 -- II: The second generation, 1875-1888 -- National righteousness, 1875-1888 -- The octopus, 1875-1888 -- The heavenly invitation offices, 1880-1888 -- III: The third generation, 1888-1900 -- The new world, 1888-1900 -- God's ambassadors, 1888-1899 -- The Middle Eden, 1888-1899 -- The end of the Middle Eden, 1900 -- The aftermath -- Conclusion: something happened.

ISBN

• 9780802829757 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0802829759 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006039059

OCLC

• 76828852
• SCSB-11651989

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library