Salvation and revolution : a twentieth century odyssey of the Chinese Protestant mind /

"This book traces the intellectual and spiritual journeys of Chinese Protestant intellectuals-Zhao Zichen, Wu Yaozong, and Cai Yongchun, among many-in the tumultuous 20th-century China, from the fall of the Qing Dynasty through the Cultural Revolution. These leaders strove to align their Christ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sun, Jesse Zexi (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:	Protestants > China > History > 20th century. Intellectuals > China > History > 20th century. Protestantism > China > 20th century. Christianity and politics > Protestant churches. Christianity and politics > China > History > 20th century. China > Intellectual life > 20th century. China > Church history > 20th century. Religion and politics > China > History > 20th century. Protestants > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle. Intellectuels > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle. Religion et politique > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle. Églises protestantes > Aspect politique. Christianisme et politique > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle. Chine > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle. Chine > Histoire religieuse > 20e siècle. Institutions & Organizations. RELIGION. Protestant. Christianity. Denominations. Religion & beliefs. Religion. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : Chinese Christian intellectuals
The liberal synthesis : path to national salvation in postimperial China
From social gospel to socialism : turning left to save China
Reclaiming the supernatural : resistance and submission in wartime China
Diverging visions, converging paths : seeking salvation in the Chinese Civil War
Thwarted adaptations : reconstructing Christianity in the early PRC
Surviving the valley of the shadow of death : Protestant intellectuals in the Cultural Revolution
Afterword : thinking history in the present.