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Borrowed gods and foreign bodies Christian missionaries imagine Chinese religion
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Borrowed gods and foreign bodies [electronic resource] : Christian missionaries imagine Chinese religion / Eric Reinders.
ISBN
9780520931084 (ebook) :
0520931084 (ebook) :
Published
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2004.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 266 p.) : ill.
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Summary
In the great age of missionary activity, impressions brought back by Christian missionaries most influenced the Western view of China. Reinders studies how Victorian missionaries responded to their encounters with Chinese language & culture, & why the impression of Chinese 'inscrutability' became so widespread.
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California scholarship online.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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May 06, 2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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