Opening China : Karl F.A. Gutzlaff and Sino-Western relations, 1827-1852
Title:
Opening China : Karl F.A. Gutzlaff and Sino-Western relations, 1827-1852
Author:
Lutz, Jessie Gregory
ISBN:
9780802831804
Publication Information:
Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2008
Physical Description:
xix, 364 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Series:
Studies in the history of Christian missions
Series Title:
Studies in the history of Christian missions
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-358) and index
Contents:
The changing context of Sino-Western relations and Protestant missions, 1807-1851 -- Youth in a turbulent Germany and an expanding West -- Independent missionary -- The multiple roles of nineteenth-century missionaries -- The West learns about China : Karl G?tzlaff's Western-language writings -- Translating Christianity for China -- New horizons -- Karl G?tzlaff and the Chinese Union -- Karl G?tzlaff, Chinese Christians, and the Chinese heterodox communities -- Karl G?tzlaff : "parson and pirate, charlatan and genius"?
Subject:
| Gutzlaff, Karl Friedrich August, 1803-1851 |
| Missions -- China |
| Missionaries -- China -- Biography |
| Missionaries -- Germany -- Biography |