A History of Christian Missions in China

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Starting with the religious background of China, Latourette probes why Christianity appealed to the Chinese and then launches into a detailed history of its development. He considers how Christianity began before and coped under the Mongol Dynasty and then the incursion of the Roman Catholic Missions. Briefly considering the Russian Orthodox interest in Chinese missions, he moves on to what is clearly his main concern in the Protestant influx in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Considering the main events of China's history in relation to the European powers of the day, he considers how Christianity fared into the early nineteenth century. PREFACE TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. THE RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND OF THE CHINESE II. THE OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRISTIANITY AND THE BEARING OF THESE UPON THE POSSIBLE ACCEPTANCE OF CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA IV. CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA BEFORE THE MONGOL DYNASTY V. CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA UNDER THE MONGOLS VI. THE AGE OF EUROPEAN DISCOVERIES AND THE RESUMPTION OF ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONS VII. THE PROGRESS OF ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONS FROM THE DEATH OF Rica TO THE REVERSES CAUSED BY THB CONTROVERSY OVER THE RITES (1610-1706) VIII. THE BEGINNING OF RETARDED GROWTH: THE RITES CONTROVERSY IX. THE PERIOD OF RETARDED GROWTH: ITS BEGINNING (1707) TO IT SEND (ABOUT 1839) X . METHODS AND RESULTS OF ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN THE SIXTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES XI. THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN CHINA IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES II. THE RENEWED EXPANSION OF EUROPE: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, THE REVIVAL OF CATHOLIC MISSIONS, AND THE RELIGIOUS AND MISSIONARY AWAKENING AMONG PROTESTANTS XIII. THE BEGINNINGS OF PROTESTANT MISSIONS TO CHINA (1807 - 1839) XIV. THE FIRST WAR BETWEEN CHINA AND GREAT BRITAIN AND ITS AFTERMATH(1839 -1855) XV. THE WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE AND THE SECOND GROUP OF TREATIES (1856 - 1860) XVI. THE T’AI P’ING REBELLION XVII. THE GRADUAL PENETRATION OF CHINA BY MISSIONARIES, 1856-1897 XVIII. THE GRADUAL PENETRATION OF CHINA BY MISSIONARIES, 1856-1897 XIX. THE GRADUAL PENETRATION OF CHINA BY MISSIONARIES, 1856-1897 XX. THE GRADUAL PENETRATION OF CHINA BY MISSIONARIES, 1856-1897 XXI. RUSSIAN MISSIONS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY XXII. REFORM AND REACTION (1898-1900) XXIII. CHINA IN A TIME OF REORGANIZATION (1901-1926) XXIV. CHINA IN A TIME OF REORGANIZATION (1901-1926) XXV. CHINA IN A TIME OF REORGANIZATION (1901-1926). XVI. CHINA IN A TIME OF REORGANIZATION(1901-1926) XXVII. CHINA IN A TIME OF REORGANIZATION (1901-1926) XXVIII. CHINA IN A TIME OF REORGANIZATION (1901-1926) XXIX. CHINA IN A TIME OF REORGANIZATION (1901-1926) XXX . CHINA IN A TIME OF REORGANIZATION (1901-1926) XXXI. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX