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Lutheran Missions in a Time of Revolution : The China Experience 1944-1951

In January, 1951, the Lutheran Church of China denounced all relations with the American, German and Scandinavian missions, which for more than half a century had worked in the country. As one of the first, this church made a clear and corporate stand in favour of the New Democracy and the Three-Self Movement, while most of the missions made their political choice, retreated with the Nationalists and finally went to Taiwan. This book presents the Lutheran missions from optimistic new orientations in 1944 to the evacuation and the break down of the cooperation with the Chinese church seven years later. This short .period was dramatic and of great importance for the whole missionary movement, and the study may lead to renewed self-criticism and to a necessary re-evaluation of the Chinese Revolution - one of the most significant events in World History.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-192591
Date January 1972
CreatorsJonson, Jonas
PublisherUppsala universitet, Svenska Institutet för Missionsforskning, Uppsala : Swedish Institute of Mission Research
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral thesis, monograph, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
RelationStudia Missionalia Upsaliensia, 0585-5373 ; 18

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