The changing role of the British Protestant missionaries in China, 1945-1952
By: Oi Ki Ling.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Madison, NJ; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Missionaries -- China -- History -- 20th century.; Missions, British -- China -- History -- 20th century.; Missionaries -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Protestant churches -- Missions -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Description: This book focuses on the British Protestant missionaries in China in the period from 1945 to 1952. It captures the complexity and contradictions between the missionaries' own perception of their role and Chinese reality. It also examines the missionaries' perception of the nature of Communism and their evaluation of the future prospects under Communist rule.

This study offers a stimulating reflection on the missionaries' strategies for propagating the Christian faith, their priorities, and theological as well as cultural assumptions with regard to mission and politics, mission and culture, and mission-church relations during the transition from Guomindang to Communist rule. In general terms, it provides an insight into the idealism and frustrations of missionaries as they wrestled with the changing political context in China.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-294) and index.