The focus of this book “is on the shape and nature of the message that has been preached in China – the gospel in Chinese. It is an intellectual history, a history of Christian ideas in Chinese garb” (xiv-xv).
Through the Valley of the Shadow - Book Review
Voices from the Past: Historical Reflections on Christian Missions in China - Book Review (Revisited)
This selection of thirty short excerpts from the letters, diaries, and writings of outstanding missionaries and leaders is meant to be read one at a time. “Readers are expected to linger over each quotation, perhaps reading only one quotation a day, and to spend time afterward in prayer, reflecting on them in light of their own experiences,” explains the author, a veteran Christian worker in China.
The Translation of the Bible into Chinese - Book Review
This book represents a milestone in the history of the translation of the Bible into Chinese. Building on earlier research, it fills in some gaps and provides us with a comprehensive account not only of the history of the Chinese Union Version (CUV), but also some of the reasons for its continued unique prominence as the Bible of choice for Chinese Christians around the world.
Chinese Theology: Text and Context, Part II - Book Review (Revisited)
This volume contains discussions of Chinese Roman Catholic and Protestant writings from the sixteenth century to the early twenty-first century. In her later chapters, Chloe Starr presents the work of both “Mainline” and “House church” writers, with sections on church and academic publications, popular hymns, and blogs by church leaders.
Chinese Theology: Text and Context, Part I - Book Review (Revisited)
Tibet: The Roof of the World - Book Review
Opening China - Book Review (Revisited)
Who said history wasn’t relevant? Though at first glance a biography of a largely-discredited independent German missionary who was born almost two centuries ago might seem to have little to do with our current situation, Jessie Lutz’s masterful narrative and analysis of the life and times of Karl Gützlaff provokes the question, Has anything changed?