Scottish Missions to China

Scottish Missions to China
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9789004461789
ISBN-13 : 9004461787
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Book Synopsis Scottish Missions to China by : Alexander Chow

Download or read book Scottish Missions to China written by Alexander Chow and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores Scottish missions to China, focusing on the missionary-scholar and Protestant sinologist par excellence James Legge (1815–1897), to demonstrate how the Chinese context and Chinese persons “converted” Scottish missionaries in their understandings of China and the world.


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