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.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Religionsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- Religious Studies (hsv//eng)

Keyword

China

Chinese Church

Lutheran missions

Three-Self Movement

Church of Sweden Mission

Lutheran World Federation

student work

Christian Mission to the Buddhists

Reichelt

ecumenical

Cinese Revolution

New Democracy

Missionary studies

Missionsvetenskap

Missionsvetenskap

Studies of Missions

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

dok (subject category)