Sacred webs : : the social lives and networks of Minnan Protestants, 1840s-1920s / / by Chris White.
In Sacred Webs , historian Chris White demonstrates how Chinese Protestants in Minnan, or the southern half of Fujian Province, fractured social ties and constructed and utilized new networks through churches, which served as nodes linking individuals into larger Protestant communities. Through anal...
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Superior document: | Religion in Chinese Societies, Volume 13 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017. ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Religion in Chinese societies ;
Volume 13. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (303 pages) :; illustrations, photographs, maps, chart. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Setting the Minnan Stage
- Processing Conversion
- Converting Costs
- Minnan Protestants on the Move
- Understanding Chinese Protestant Conflicts
- Networking Conflicts
- Celebrating Protestant Networks
- Incorporating Protestant and Secular Networks
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Instances of Minnan Protestant Converts Forfeiting their Employment to Join the Church, 1846–1866
- Appendix 2: Index of Chinese Characters
- References
- Index.