Cultures Colliding: American Missionaries, Chinese Resistance, and the Rise of Modern Institutions in China Haddad John R.
Cultures Colliding: American Missionaries, Chinese Resistance, and the Rise of Modern Institutions in China Haddad John R. As incredible as it may seem, the American missionaries who journeyed to…
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Cultures Colliding: American Missionaries, Chinese Resistance, and the Rise of Modern Institutions in China Haddad John R.
As incredible as it may seem, the American missionaries who journeyed to China in 1860 planning solely to spread the Gospel ultimately reinvented their entire enterprise. In Cultures Colliding, John R. By 1900, they were modernizing China with schools, colleges, hospitals, museums, and even YMCA chapters.
Conflict ensued as these Chinese viewed missionaries as unwanted disruptors. Haddad nimbly recounts this transformative institution-building--how and why it happened--and its consequences.When missionaries first traveled to rural towns atop mules, they confronted populations with entrenched systems of belief that embraced Confucius and rejected Christ. So how did this failing movement eventually change minds and win hearts?
Many missionaries chose to innovate. They built hospitals and established educational institutions offering science and math. A second wave of