Contents:
PETER CHEN-MAIN WANG 王成勉 : Introduction.
Part I: Early Mission: CLAUDIA von COLLANI: From Accommodation to a Chinese Theology. VINCENT SHEN 沈清松 : Generosity towards the Other. Matteo Ricci’s Strategy of Strangification in China
Part II: Contextualization Efforts – Three Aspects: CHRISTOFFER H. GRUNDMANN: Contextualizing the Gospel by "Imitating Christ". The Emergence of Medical Missions in Nineteenth Century China. JOHN E. GEDDES: Singing a New Song. The Development of the Use of Taiwanese-Chinese Words and Music in the Hymn Book of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, 1865–1965. JESSIE G. LUTZ: The Sinification of Historiography of the China Christian Colleges.
Part III: Individuals in the Light of Contextualization: PETER CHEN-MAIN WANG 王成勉 : Bishop Frederik R. Graves and the Changing Context of China in the 1920s. EDWARD YIHUA XU 徐以驊 : Westernization and Contextualization. A Study on Three Pioneering Chinese Pastors of the Sheng Kung Hui in China. RICHARD R. COOK: Wang Mingdao and the Evolution of Contextualized Chinese Churches.
Part IV: Church and State Relations: ROBERT ENTENMANN: Chinese Catholics and Their Relations with the State during the Campaign against White Lotus. R. G. TIEDEMANN: Anti-Christian Conflict in Local Context. The Life and Times of Pang Sanjie: Patriot, Bandit, Protector or Revolutionary? BEATRICE LEUNG 梁潔芬 : Christianity in Post-Mao China. Legalism and Accommodation.
Includes notes on the contributors and a glossary of Chinese names and terms.

Added keywords: Sheng Kung Hui (Shenggonghui 聖公會) Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA -- Wang Mingdao 王明道 -- Wong Kong-chai (K. C. Wong, Wang Guangcai 王光彩) -- Yen Yung Kiung (Y. K. Yen, Yan Yongjing 晏永京) -- Woo Hong Niok (H. N. Woo, Wu Hongyu 吳虹玉) -- Pang Sanjie 龐三傑 (Pang Shengxuan 龐盛選) -- Dadaohui 大刀會 (Big Sword Society) -- hymns, hymnals -- medical missions -– Jesuit theology -- Figurism --Church colleges.

Zhongguo xuejie jinnianlai Mingmo Qingchu Zhong-Xi wenhua jiaoliushi yanjiu zhi guanjian 中國學界近年來明末清初中西文化交流史研究之管見 / Xu Minglong 許明龍. -- Zhonghua Tianzhujiaoshi yanjiu fangfa de qianjian 中華天主教史研究方法的淺見 / Gu Weiying 古偉瀛 -- e-kaoju shidai de Zhongguo Tianzhujiaoshi yanjiu : yi Qu Taisu jiqi jianan wei lie-考據時代的中國天主教史研究 : 以瞿太素及其家難為例 / Huang Yinong 黃一農 -- Yige chuanqi de xingcheng yu yanbian : youguan shitu Sheng Duoma chuanjiao Dongfang de ruogan jilu yu fenxi 一個傳奇的形成與演變 ﹕ 有關使徒聖多馬傳教東方的若干紀錄與分析 / Qi Yinping 戚印平 -- Lun Ding Chashan zhexue yu Li Madou Tianzhu shiyi zhijian zhexue fanshi de leisixing 論丁茶山哲學與利瑪竇天主實義之間哲學範式的類似性 / Song Rongpei 宋榮培 -- The Acta Pekinensia : a key source for the history of Christianity in China / Paul Rule -- Popular or local? Historiographical shifts in the study of Christianity in late imperial China / Eugenio Menegon -- Missionaries, imperialism, and the Boxer Uprising : some historiographical considerations / R. G. Tiedemann -- Ershishiji shangbanye Jianada Fayi Yesuhuishi zai Xuzhou : chuanjiaoshi wenxian yu Zhongguo qiqi 二十世紀上半葉加拿大法裔耶穌會士在徐州 : 傳教士文獻與中國奇器 / Li Shengwen 李晟文 -- Taiwan Tianzhujiao zhong de duoguo secai 臺灣天主教中的多國色彩 / Gu Weiying 古偉瀛 -- Yuenan Gaotai de duoshen xinyang 越南高臺的多神信仰 / He Chengxuan 何成軒 -- 人名索引.

中國現代哲學家為何拒絕接受基督教?以馮友蘭為例 / 王曉朝. 之江大學與長老會/何建明. 衝突的解釋:耶穌家庭中女基督教徒的控訴 : 文本史料和口述史料的對比 / 陶飛亞. 中華基督教會廣東協會與本色教會運動(1919-1949) / 吳義雄. 陶行知•教會教育:中華歸主? / 餘子俠. 三四十年代華西協合大學部分學生社團活動的研究 / 秦和平. 近代中國的保教權問題 / 顧衛民. 中西之間一蒲愛德研究 / 盛利. 晚清來華新教傳教士對中國科舉制度的批判 : 以《萬國公報》為輿論中心 / 孫邦華. 澳門聖保祿學院研究 / 夏泉. 近代基督教在華出版事業對中國社會的影響 / 陳建明. 鄂州市基督教的現狀與管理 : 宗教人類學田野考察 / 宮哲兵. 略論天津工商大學建校的背景 / 呂志毅. 從韋卓民與呼克爾的歷史神哲學看其政教關係的範型 / 陳廣培. 論基督教之"道(Logos)"概念 / (韓)李順連. 試論吳雷川對非基督教運動(1922-1927)的回應 / 左松濤. Swedish missionaries, modernization and cultural exchange in China: the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden work in Hubei and Xinjiang / Fredrik Fallman. Karl Gutzlaff and changing Chinese perceptions of the world during the 1840s / Jessie G.Lutz. 歷史遺踪: Chinese Language Books and the Jesuit Mission in China : a study on the Chinese missionary books brought by Philippe Couplet from China / Yu Dong. 天津工商學院與天主教教育傳教:《河北大學史》讀後 / 何建明. 過去歲月 : 懷念恩師陳慶雲和謝克愛 / 孫金鳳. 淪陷區教會學校求學記 / 張家寶. 文獻珍存 : 抗戰時期美國傳教士筆下日本侵華禍害錄 / 張家寶譯.

Added keywords: Feng Youlan; Zhijian daxue, Jesus Family, Christian women, Assembly of God, Guangdong and inculturation movement, Christian schools and education, On the Christian Occupation of China, Huaxi daxue of the 1930’s-40’s, religious rights, missioners of the late Qing, Wanguo gongbao, St. Paul’s Academy (Macau), Christian publishing influence, Ezhou (Hubei), Wei Zuomin, Richard Hooker, 1553-1600, Karl Gützlaff, Philiipe Couplet, Hautes études Tientsin, Ecchellense-Naironi catalog, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana.

Parallel lives, congenial visions : Christian precursors of modernity in China and Japan / Leopold Leeb.

"Authorised translation from the Chinese language edition Wo de lingru 我的灵儒 first published by Institute of Sino-Christian Studies, Tao Feng Shan, Hong Kong, 2023"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Content:
This book introduces the history of cultural exchanges between East Asia and the West through comparative biographical sketches of sixty personalities from China and Japan. These sketches illustrate how both countries, starting from a shared cultural heritage in script and Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist worldviews, took rather different approaches in their encounters with the European world since the 16th to 17th centuries. In particular in the 19th century under external and internal pressure, both nations strove to modernize their societies by introducing technology and new ideas from the Western world, turning them into political rivals and even enemies. Thus, these biographical sketches also shed some light on the general dynamics of cross-cultural interactions between China, Japan, and the West up to the early 20th century.

The Chinese and Japanese men and women presented in this book are outstanding personalities who tried to open up the road to international relationships, pioneers in their respective domains who introduced Western culture to their nations, precursors who strove for modernization, e.g., in the fields of translation, education, medicine, media, and social welfare. They testify to individual agency in these cross-cultural exchanges. Many of those who tried to be “cultural bridge-builders” since the 16th century were Christians, simply because the missionaries, who worked hard to learn the native languages of China and Japan, were the first to introduce new cultural elements to these countries. The universal scope and vision of the Christian faith enabled both missionaries and native believers to overcome narrow nationalism or xenophobia and turned them into cross-cultural mediators.

Table of Contents:
Preface by He Guanghu
Preface by Muraoka Takamitsu
Preface by the Author

Introduction
Chapter One: The Trailblazers’ Guides: Anjirō (ca. 1520–1565) and Zhong Mingren (1562–1621)
Chapter Two: The First Translators of European Texts: Yohoken (ca. 1510–1596) and Xu Ruohan (ca. 1670–1740)
Chapter Three: Noble Promoters of Military Reforms: Ōtomo Sōrin (1530–1587) and Xu Guangqi (1562–1633)
Chapter Four: “Grace” and “Brilliance”: Hosokawa Garasha (1563–1600) and Candida Xu (1607–1680)
Chapter Five: Pioneers of Comparative Philosophy: Fukansai (1565–1621) and Yang Tingyun (ca. 1557–1628)
Chapter Six: The First Native Priests: Kimura (1565–1622) and Luo Wenzao (1617–1691)
Chapter Seven: The First Travelers to Europe: Itō Mancio (1569–1612) and Zheng Manuo (1633–1673)
Chapter Eight: Precursors of the Internationalization of the Script: Dourado (1567–1620) and Wang Zheng (1571–1644)
Chapter Nine: The First Editors of Bilingual Dictionaries: Martin Hara (1568–1629) and Huang Risheng (1679–1716)
Chapter Ten: The Earliest Celebrities in Europe: Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571–1622) and Shen Fuzong (ca. 1658–1692)
Chapter Eleven: Western Art in the East: Jacobus Niva (Ni Yagu, 1579–1638) and You Wenhui (1575–1633)
Chapter Twelve: Hope of the Suppressed: Amakusa Shirō (1622–1638) and Wang Maria (ca. 1855–1900)
Chapter Thirteen: Interrogation of a Messenger from the West: Arai Hakuseki (1657–1725) and Kangxi (r. 1662–1722)
Chapter Fourteen: Early Students of Western Medicine: Gao Leisi (1732–1795), Yang Dewang (1733–1798), and Sugita Genpaku (1733–1817)
Chapter Fifteen: The First Teachers of Western Languages: Ogata Kōan (1810–1863) and Xue Madou (ca. 1780–1860)
Chapter Sixteen: Organizers of Modern Media: Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835–1901) and Ying Lianzhi (1866–1926)
Chapter Seventeen: Creators of Universities: Yan Yongjing (1838–1898) and Niijima Jō (1843–1890)
Chapter Eighteen: Entrepreneurs and Philanthropists: Shibusawa Eiichi (1840–1931) and Lu Bohong (1875–1937)
Chapter Nineteen: The First Female Physicians: Ogino Ginko (1851–1913) and Jin Yamei (1864–1934)
Chapter Twenty: Pioneers of Women’s Education: Tsuda Umeko (1864–1929) and Zeng Baosun (1893–1978)
Chapter Twenty-One: Faith on the Way to Inculturation: Uemura Masahisa (1858–1925) and Zhao Zichen (T.C. Chao, 1888–1979)
Chapter Twenty-Two: Fathers of Constitutional Law: Ume Kenjirō (1860–1910) and Wu Jingxiong (1899–1986)
Chapter Twenty-Three: Creators of an Image of the East: Nitobe Inazō (1862–1933) and Gu Hongming (1857–1928)
Chapter Twenty-Four: Independent Prophets: Uchimura Kanzō (1861–1930) and Wang Mingdao (1900–1991)
Chapter Twenty-Five: Pioneers in the Study of History: Saeki Yoshirō (1871–1965) and Chen Yuan (1880–1971)
Chapter Twenty-Six: The First Students of Classical Hebrew: Kotsuji Setsuzō (1887–1965) and Li Rongfang (1899–1973)
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Indigenization of Christian Art: Chen Yuandu (1903–1967) and Watanabe Sadao (1913–1996)
Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Life for the Poor: Wu Yongbo (1916–2002) and Kitahara Satoko (1929–1958)
Conclusion: Two Nations on the Way to Modernity

Contents: Schall and Verbiest : to God through the stars -- Peter Parker : bodies or souls -- Ward and Gordon : glorious days of looting -- Lay and Hart : power, patronage, pay -- Martin and Fryer : trimming the lamps -- Edward Hume : Yale for China -- Mikhail Borodin : life in the sun -- Todd and Bethune : overcome all terrors -- Chennault, Stilwell, Wedemeyer : a compass for Shangri-La -- The last rounds : U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.

Schall and Verbiest: to God through the stars.--Peter Parker: bodies or souls. --Ward and Gordon: glorious days of looting.--Lay and Hart: power, patronage, and pay.--Martin and Fryer: trimming the lamps.--Edward Hume: Yale for China. --Mikhail Borodin: life in the sun.--Todd and Bethune: overcome all terrors.--Chennault, Stilwell, Wedemeyer: a compass for Shangri-La.--The last rounds: U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.--Conclusion.--Chapter notes (p. [294]-325).

本書目錄:
序明末清初中國天主教史研究的新進展 -- 引言 -- 第一章. 利瑪竇時代(1601-1610)的南堂 -- 第二章後利瑪竇時代(1610-1644)的南堂 -- 第三章湯若望時代(1644-1666)的南堂與東堂 -- 第四章南懷仁和徐日昇、張誠時代(1666-1705)的南堂、東堂與北堂 -- 第五章“禮儀之爭”與禁教時代(1705-1774)的北京天主教堂.