China's Millions

by Alvyn Austin

Imprint: Eerdmans

538 Pages, 6.25 x 9.25 in

  • Paperback
  • 9780802829757
  • Publication Date: March 5, 2007

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non-returnable.

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Series: Studies in the History of Christian Missions (SHCM)

In China's Millions veteran historian Alvyn Austin presents a compelling historical narrative of the China Inland Mission (now the Overseas Missionary Fellowship) -- the first history of the CIM by an outsider -- including 36 never-before-published illustrations and maps from the CIM/OMF archives. In the course of his sweeping survey, Austin examines a remarkable array of subjects, from the visionary, charismatic sect-leader Pastor Hsi, to the "wordless book," a missionary teaching device that fit perfectly with Chinese color cosmology, to the opium-soaked aftermath of the North China Famine of 1877-79.

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