Liang Fa: Pioneer Chinese Protestant Evangelist

Through a meticulous study of the life and times of Liang Fa, this article explores the ways in which the Anglo-Chinese College prepared him to become a pioneer Chinese Protestant evangelist. While not overlooking his struggle with deep-rooted Chinese cultural precepts, on the one hand, and his resp...

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Auteur principal: Bohr, P. Richard (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: 2021
Dans: Studies in world christianity
Année: 2021, Volume: 27, Numéro: 3, Pages: 253-279
Classifications IxTheo:KAH Époque moderne
KBM Asie
RH Évangélisation
Sujets non-standardisés:B Quanshi Liangyan
B William Milne. Hong Xiuquan
B Robert Morrison
B Liang Fa
B Hong Rengan
B James Legge
B Anglo-Chinese College
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Résumé:Through a meticulous study of the life and times of Liang Fa, this article explores the ways in which the Anglo-Chinese College prepared him to become a pioneer Chinese Protestant evangelist. While not overlooking his struggle with deep-rooted Chinese cultural precepts, on the one hand, and his responses to changing circumstances in late Qing China while presenting the Christian message, on the other, this study examines both the questions of the relationship between Liang and his missionary mentors and of Liang's proselytisng strategies that involved both direct and indirect evangelism, including his major Chinese publication, Quanshi Liangyan (commonly known as Good Words to Admonish the Age). Special attention is paid to the question of how Hong Xiuquan misinterpreted Liang's book, thereby creating the Taiping heresy and its tragic consequences. The study concludes with an overall assessment of Liang's place in the history of Chinese Christianity.
ISSN:1750-0230
Contient:Enthalten in: Studies in world christianity
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3366/swc.2021.0352