Israeli, Raphael, <br/><br/>
One century of vain missionary work among Muslims in China :  the cross battles the crescent / 
by Raphael Israeli. 
 - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :  Cambridge Scholars Publishing,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Summary; Bibliography; Analytical Index 
<br/><br/> Christian missionaries in China have been toiling since the 16th century, with little success. Only after the Opium War were the Western powers which invaded China able to enforce their gunboat policy, under which their missionaries could penetrate all parts of China and extend their activities to a larger part of the population, which needed welfare assistance and western protection, and therefore resorted to evangelization as a way to obtain both. However, relative to the huge Chinese population and to the optimistic expectations of the missionaries, little was achieved on the ground.Therefo. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781527520165 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Missions--History.--China<br/>Islam--History.--China<br/>Christianity and other religions--Islam.--China
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV3415  / .O543 2018