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CHRISTIAN PRESENCE AND PROGRESS IN NORTH-EAST A...

This volume is a collection of historical and comparative essays  describing and analyzing
Christian presence and progress in North-East Asia. The authors originate from China  Japan 
Korea  Canada  the United States of America  and the Netherlands. The nineteen essays are a
selection from the papers given at the Seventh International Conference of the North East Asia
Council of Studies in History of Christianity (NEACSHC)  held in Wuhan (China) in 2009. The
volume has four parts: General  China  Japan  and Korea. The first part deals with the impact
of Western interdenominationalism on the East and the future development of Christianity in
China. The five papers on China cope with 19th and 20th century topics such as distribution of
Christian literature  nationalism  modernization  Christian socialism  and Sino-theology.
Comparisons with the situation in the other East-Asian countries are also made in the three
papers on Japan  focusing on the beginning of Protestant mission work and Christian education.
The final part  regarding Korea and consisting of four contributions  pays attention to recent
developments in Bible translation  church planting  holiness mission  Korean diaspora
Christianity  and the Korean War.

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