Christianizing South China Mission, Development, and Identity in Modern Chaoshan /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lee, Joseph Tse-Hei (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Religion and sociology.; China-History.; Religion and politics.; Religion and Society.; History of China.; Politics and Religion.

Christianity flourishes in areas facing profound dislocations amidst regime change and warfare. This book explains the appeal of Christianity in the Chaozhou-Shantou (Chaoshan) region during a time of transition, from a stage of disintegration in the late imperial era into the cosmopolitan and entre...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Christianizing Maritime Chaozhou-Shantou
• 2. The First Group of Chaoshan Biblewomen
• 3. The Divergent Careers of Adele Marion Fielde and Catherine Maria Ricketts
• 4. "Spirits That I've Cited": Christian Mission Schools and the Chinese State in Jiaying (1903-11)
• 5. Christianity and Needlework Industry in Chaoshan
• 6. Missionaries as Developers: Industry and Real Estate under the American Baptists
• 7. Christian Activism in 1950s Chaoshan and Wenzhou
• 8. Christianity and the Peng Lineage. .