University Press of America / Amer Society For Missiology
Pages: 334
Trim: 5½ x 8½
978-0-7618-2741-2 • Paperback • December 2003 • $93.99 • (£72.00)
Kevin Xiyi Yao is Assistant Professor, China Graduate School of Theology, Hong Kong.
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 List of Abbreviations
Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 5 The Road to the Controversy
Chapter 6 The Bible Union of China
Chapter 7 The North Jiangsu Mission and the Nanjing Theological Seminary
Chapter 8 The North China Theological Seminary
Chapter 9 The Fundamentalists and the Church Union Movement
Chapter 10 The Controversies of the 1930s
Chapter 11 Conclusion
Chapter 12 Bibliography
Chapter 13 Index
...this is a well-researched resource, clearly presented.
— Henry Rowold; Missio Apostolica
Overall, Yao has connected the dots well, placing the events in a coherent, connected historical context.
— Alvyn Austin, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario; International Bulletin of Mission Research
...this is a solid monograph on a topic hertofore little considered in the mission literature.
— Journal of Presbyterian History
The book provides a rare glimpse into the 'conservative' aspect of mission forces in China...readable and informative to a general missiology readership.
— Enoch Wan, Western Seminary; Evangelical Missions Quarterly
...this is a well-researched resource, clearly presented.
— Henry Rowold; Missio Apostolica
Overall, Yao has connected the dots well, placing the events in a coherent, connected historical context.
— Alvyn Austin, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario; International Bulletin of Mission Research
Kevin Xiyi Yao presents an insightful account of the Christian fundamentalist missionary movement in China during the 1920s and 1930s….Chinese church historians will appreciate this work for its clarification of a complicated historical topic. Mission scholars, religious specialists, and sociologists will also find this work a fine reference text for the comparative study of global Christian fundamentalism.
— Mission Studies