Lexington Books
Pages: 310
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7391-3959-2 • eBook • September 2010 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
Nathan Faries is associate professor of English at the University of Dubuque.
Part 1 I: Introductions
Chapter 2 1: Introduction: "Inscruitably Chinese Narratives"
Chapter 3 2: The "True Face" of the Chinese Church
Part 4 II: The Tales Nations Tell
Chapter 5 3: National Narratives from Outside China
Chapter 6 4: National Narratives from Within China
Part 7 III: Missionary Narratives
Chapter 8 5: Missionary Stories from the Past
Chapter 9 6: "Missionary" Stories from Contemporary China
Part 10 IV: Chinese Christianity in American Literature
Chapter 11 7: Literary Narratives from Before China's Reform Era
Chapter 12 8: Foreign Travelers in the New China
Chapter 13 9: Chinese-American Voices and Living White Makes
Part 14 V: Christianity in Chinese Literature
Chapter 15 10: Pre-Modern and Modern Literature
Chapter 16 11: Reform Era Writers Test the Waters
Chapter 17 12: Shi Tiesheng and Bei Cun Dive into the Deep End
Part 18 VI: Conclusions
Chapter 19 13: The Narratives of Chinese Christianity
Chapter 20 14: Conclusion: Cause for Hope and Unresolved Tensions
In this important book, Nathan Faries ranges widely through history, literature and contemporary politics, and performs a really valuable service in drawing our attention to many important literary works hitherto unknown to non-Chinese speakers. I hope this excellent book finds the broad audience it deserves.
— Philip Jenkins, The Next Christendom
The Inscrutably Chinese Church opens a window of opportunity for us to view Protestant churches in contemporary China through a different lens....This book will help all of us see more clearly the true face of the Chinese church, close some gaps caused by cultural miscommunication, draw together the perception of those inside and those outside China, and bring the “inscrutably Chinese” church into clearer view.
— International Bulletin of Mission Research