TY  - BOOK
AU  - Israeli,Raphael
TI  - One century of vain missionary work among Muslims in China: the cross battles the crescent 
SN  - 9781527520165
AV  - BV3415 .O543 2018
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - Missions
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Islam
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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