Saving China : Canadian missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1888-1959 / Alvyn J. Austin.
TITLE:
Saving China : Canadian missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1888-1959 / Alvyn J. Austin.
By:
Publication Date:
1986
Publication Information:
Toronto : University of Toronto Press,
Physical Description:
xvii, 395 p. : ill., ports.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
From 1888 to 1949, Canadian missionaries aimed to Christianize China's people, educate its youth, eliminate its disease and reform its agricultural methods. Within this atmosphere of religious and cultural imperialism, the church moved from simple evangelistic goals to active participation in Third World modernization.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780802056870
