Publishers note--This volume intends to tackle two problems. The first is the historical framework of imperialism - until now widely applied by Western and Chinese scholars as an approach to the Christian evangelization movement in China. The theological aspect of the missionary action is seldom taken into account, nor is religion treated as an authentic human experience. In this volume two authors try to place the position of the Christian mission in its broader context. Scott Somers reflects on the changing image of the Japanese occupation in Taiwan, based on Protestant missionary sources; Koen De Ridder discusses the early diplomatic contacts between China and Belgium and the position of the Belgian missionaries. A second problem dealt with is that of the native Christians. While Jessie Lutz attempts to sketch a profile of the Chinese Protestant evangelizers, Jean-Paul Wiest focuses his attention on the Roman Catholics among the Chinese Hakka minority. Gary Tiedemann explains the material, spiritual and political incentives for conversion among the inhabitants of North China, paying special attention to the socio-political profile of the converts. In the contribution of Ann Heylen we return to Taiwan, where we are offered a better understanding of the Protestant contribution to the study of the Min language. Finally, Karel Steenbrink describes the changing religious affiliation of assimilated Chinese in Indonesia during the period 1900-1942.

Contents: Introduction / Ku Wei-ying and Koen De Ridder -- Missionaries, opium and imperialism in the Western perceptions of the Japanese colonial empire in Taiwan / Scott Sommers -- The first diplomatic contacts between Belgium and China: its background and consequences for politics, trade and mission activity / Koen De Ridder -- A profile of Chinese protestant evangelists in the mid-nineteenth century / Jessie G. Lutz -- Was the Christian God partial to the Hakka people? / J.-P.Wiest -- Conversion patterns in North China. Sociological profiles of Chinese Christians, 1860-1912 / R.G. Tiedemann -- Missionary Linguistics on Taiwan. Romanizing Taiwanese: codification and standardization of dictionaries in Southern Min (1837-1923) / Ann Heylen -- The religious quest of the Chinese diaspora of Southeast Asia ca 1900-1942 / Karel Steenbrink.

Handbook of Christianity in China. Vol. 2, 1800-present / edited by R.G. Tiedemann.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Appendix includes tables of religious communities, missionary societies, statistics on Vicariates apostolic, staff, families, and Christian communities.

"This second volume on Christianity in China covers the period from 1800 onwards up to the present, divided into three main periods, and dealing with the complexities of both Catholic and Protestant aspects. Also in this volume the reader will be guided to and through the Chinese and Western primary and secondary sources by carefully selected major scholars in the field. Produced with financial support from the Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim."--Pub. note.

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编者前言 -- 序一"中华归主"与"主归中华" / 章开玩 -- 序二中国基督教史研究的三个阶段 / 裴士单(Daniel H. Bays)
中国基督徒的身份与认同:
严漠的困惑: 18世纪儒家天主教徒的认同危机 / 李天纲 -- 纽约协和神学院与中国基督教会 / 徐以拌 / "九一八"之后中国基督徒对战争与和平问题的思考与讨论/姚西伊
走向本色教会之路:
美北长老会与华南基督教会的本色化过程 / 吴义雄 -- 路径与困境:岭东长老会自立运动个案研究 / 胡卫清 -- 复原还是趋新:中国农村教会走向的思考一一以泰安马庄北新庄教会为例 / 陶飞亚
中国教会人物研究:
余日章政教观之研究 / 王成勉 -- 从差会到教会:诚静怡的本色教会思想解析 / 刘家峰 -- 解读韦卓民博士之让基督教会在中国土地上生根 / 吴梓明 -- 寻找真实的信仰 : 赵紫庚的宗教经验 / 邢福增 -- 周联华的唯爱观与本色神学 / 吴放兴 -- 基督教与近代中国民族主义的形成 : 一个华人基督徒人际网络的考察 / 朱峰
角色与性别:中国女基督教徒群体研究
贞节故事:近代闽东的天主教守贞女群体与地域文化 / 张先清 -- 百年变迁中的守望 -- 20世纪上海地区天主教修女的生活史 / 李雯文.

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中國文獻與中國基督教史研究 (Chinese sources and the study of the history of Christianity in China) / Li Tiangang 李天綱 -- 中國基督宗教史研究的史料與視界 (Sources and perspectives on the study of the history of Christianity in China) / 鍾鳴旦 (Nicolas Standaert) -- 康熙時代的歷算活動 : 基于檔案資料的新研究 (Mathematical and astronomical activities during the Kangxi reign period (1662) : a new approach through archival documents) / Han Qi 韓琦 -- 蘇努研究 (Research on Sunu) / Wu Boya 吳伯婭 -- 刊書傳教 : 清代禁教期天主教經卷在民間社會的流傳 (Preaching Christianity through books : the spread of Christian writings in the local society during the suppression of Christianity in the early Qing dynasty) / Zhang Xianqing 張先清 -- 解讀近代福建教會契約文書 (Unscrambling the covenent writs of the Fujian Church in modern times) / Li Li 李莉, Xie Bizhen 謝必震. -- 福州美以美會年議會錄初探 (A preliminary study of the annual conference record of the Fuzhou Episcopal Mission) / Chen Lin 陳林 -- 史料與中華基督教全國總會邊疆服務史實重建 (The historical materials and facts of the border service of the Church of Christ in China) / Deng Jie 鄧杰. -- 親歷者的體驗認知和文本資料的互補和局限 : 中國基督教男女青年會干事的口述采訪 (Study of the interviews with secretaries of the YMCA and YWCA / Zhao Xiaoyang 趙曉陽. -- 傳教運動的圈內聲音 : The Chinese Recorder (1867-1941)初論 (The voice from within the missionary circle: a preliminary discussion of The Chinese Recorder (1867-1941)) / Tao Feiya 陶飛亞 -- 從東西洋考每月統記傳看基督新教早期 (1807-1842)來華傳播 (A study of the early missionary work in China through the analysis of the East-West Examiner) / Lin Yuan 林轅 -- 陳垣與民國基督宗教界交游管窺 : 以往來書信為中心 (An examination of Chen Yuan’s relationships with Catholic and Protestant circles during the Republican era in China) / Liu Xian 劉賢 -- 廣雅書院的景教研究 (Studies on Nestorianism in Guangya Academy) / Zhang Shuqiong 張淑瓊 -- 中國基督教史研究的史料與視界 : 以中國基督教大學史研究為個案 (Sources and perspectives in the study of the history of Christianity in China : With the study of Christian higher eductaion in China as an example) / 吳梓明 Peter Tze-Ming Ng -- 雙重使命 : 傳教士與晚清中國知識結構的演化 (Double missions : Missionaries and the evolution of knowledge in the modern Qing period) / Wu Yixiong 吳義雄 -- 兩種話語 : 清末民初嶺東長老會的權勢轉移(1881-1927) (Two kinds of discourse : the transfer of power of Lingdong Presbyterians in late Qing and early Republican China) / Hu Weiqing 胡衛清 -- 聖母聖心會傳教士在內蒙古中西部的傳教探索 (Preaching activity in central and western Inner Mongolia by CICM missionaries during the late Qing dynasty) / Zhang Yu 張彧 -- 基督教與海外華僑的社會建構 : 以砂拉越詩巫為例 (1901-1951) (Christianity and the social construction of Overseas Chinese : a case study of Sibu, Sarawak (1901-1951)) / Zhu Feng 朱峰.

v. 1 Demography of China, survey of Christian communities by province -- v. 2 survey of Christian communities by province (cont'd), missions, parishes of China -- v. 3 Education sphere, medical sphere, literature sphere, appendices, afterword.
Includes indices, glossary and bibliographic references in volume 3.