China and Christianity : burdened past, hopeful future. 

Chinese higher education and the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia / David W. Vikner -- The Henry Luce Foundation : a century of service to Christianity and higher education in China / H. Christopher Luce.

Pacific Rim Report number 12, March 2000

The Ricci Institute and Center for the Pacific Rim are pleased to publish jointly in this issue of Pacific Rim Report two special presentations delivered during an international conference on "China and Christianity: Burdened Past, Hopeful Future" held in October 1999 at the University of San Francisco. This premier international conference, highlighting nearly four hundred years of contact and engagement between Chinese and Christian traditions, was convened on the eve of both the twenty-first century and the third millennium. It brought together outstanding invited scholars from around the world. The forty-seven speakers and panelists included prominent Protestants, Catholics, a Russian Orthodox Christian, and non-Christian scholars. The conference was held in memory of Father Edward Malatesta, S.]., founding director of the Ricci Institute of the Center for the Pacific Rim, University of San Francisco. An internationally known biblical scholar  and historian of the Church and jesuits in China, Father Malatesta passed away suddenly in Hong Kong in 1998. The Ricci Institute and the Center for the Pacific Rim presented this conference in celebration of his life and his contributions to the study of Christianity in China. In addition to .other scholarly papers, the two addresses published here were presented by David W Vikner on October 15 and by H. Christopher Luce on October 16, respectively.