Borrowed gods and foreign bodies : Christian missionaries imagine Chinese religion / [electronic resource]
Reinders, Eric Robert.
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
2004.
In the great age of missionary activity, impressions brought back by Christian missionaries most influenced the Western view of China. Reinders studies how Victorian missionaries responded to their encounters with Chinese language & culture, & why the impression of Chinese 'inscrutability' became so widespread.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-260) and index.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
In the great age of missionary activity, impressions brought back by Christian missionaries most influenced the Western view of China. Reinders studies how Victorian missionaries responded to their encounters with Chinese language & culture, & why the impression of Chinese 'inscrutability' became so widespread.
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Christianity and other religions