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1 online resource (185 pages) |
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Studies in Christian Mission Ser |
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Studies in Christian Mission Ser
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Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Note on Sources; Introduction; 1 The Origins of the Brethren; 2 Missions and Modernity in China; 3 Primitivism and Missionary Writing; 4 Outline of Chapters; Chapter 1: Living by Faith: Brethren Missionaries in the Modern World; 1 'A Proof That He Has Not in the Least Changed': Primitive Christianity in the Modern World; 2 Against Mission Societies: a Primitivist Method of Mission; 2.1 Jiangxi Province; 2.2 Shandong Province; 2.3 Inner Mongolia; 3 Echoes of Service and Brethren Mission: Keepers of the Primitivist Flame? |
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4 Primitivism, Culture and Empire5 Echoes of Service and The Christian Occupation of China; 6 Conclusion; Chapter 2: 'So Far from This Land as China': the Primitivism of Watchman Nee; 1 The Problem of 'Chinese Christianity'; 2 Chinese Nationalism, Social Mobility and Independent Christianity; 3 The Origins of the Little Flock; 4 Nee and the Brethren; 5 Nee in Britain; 6 The Expansion of the Little Flock; 7 Conclusion; Chapter 3: 'To the Uttermost Part': Reginald Sturt and the Evangelisation of the Mongols; 1 The Echoes of Service Mission to Mongolia |
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2 Mission among the Mongols in Historical Perspective3 Central Asia and the New Science of Missions; 4 The Progress of the Echoes of Service Mission to Mongolia; 5 Sturt's Itinerations; 6 Sturt and the Promotion of Primitivism; 7 Modern Mongolia and Tibetan Buddhism; 8 Primitivism and the Battle for Modern Manchuria; 9 Conclusion; Chapter 4: Primitivism and Politics: the Echoes of Service Mission to Tibet; 1 Geoffrey Bull and George Patterson: a Calling to Tibet; 2 Unsettled Boundaries: Britain, China and Tibet; 3 Missionary Work on the Colonial Periphery |
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4 Missionary Primitivism and Tibetan Modernity5 Conclusion; Chapter 5: Missionary Primitivism versus Chinese Modernity: Fallout from the Withdrawal from China; 1 The Final Years of the Echoes of Service Mission to China; 2 Sovereignty and Redeployment: Immediate Reactions to Withdrawal; 3 Primitivism and Politics: Emerging Tensions; 4 Tibet and the Cold War: Diverging Responses; 5 Against the Tide: Watchman Nee in Communist China; 6 Primitivism in a Postcolonial World; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
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Open Brethren -- Missions -- China
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Open Brethren |
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Missions -- China
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Plymouth Brethren -- Missions -- China
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Primitivism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Christianity -- Influence
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Christianity -- Influence
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Missions
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Plymouth Brethren -- Missions
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Primitivism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004376106 |
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9004376100 |
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