| Chinese Women and Christianity 1860-1927 Contributor(s): Kwok Pui-Lan (Author) |
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ISBN: 155540670X ISBN-13: 9781555406707 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $86.13 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1992 Annotation: Chinese theologian Kwok Pui-lan draws on a wide variety of archival material to reconstruct the life of Chinese women in the church. She analyzes their participation in social reform, and looks at their relationship to the feminist movement in China. Compared to their Chinese sisters, Christian women had more prolonged exposure to Western civilization through the Christian Church, mission schools, and Christian benevolence. Their responses, shows Kwok, provide rare information on how Chinese women reacted to foreign influences and religion in particular. At the same time, Kwok's study broadens our understanding of how Christianity adapts to and functions in a totally new cultural context. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - History | Asia - China - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| LCCN: 91042763 |
| Series: American Academy of Religion Academy Series |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.58" W x 8.48" (0.74 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Chinese - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: Chinese theologian Kwok Pui-lan draws on a wide variety of archival material to reconstruct the life of Chinese women in the church. She analyzes their participation in social reform, and looks at their relationship to the feminist movement in China. Compared to their Chinese sisters, Christian women had more prolonged exposure to Western civilization through the Christian Church, mission schools, and Christian benevolence. Their responses, shows Kwok, provide rare information on how Chinese women reacted to foreign influences and religion in particular. At the same time, Kwok's study broadens our understanding of how Christianity adapts to and functions in a totally new cultural context. |