Recently, Alvin Austin's book China's Millions: The China Inland Mission and Late Qing Society, 1832-1905 was jointly published by the Chinese Christian Literature Council of Taiwan, and the Research Center for Chinese Christianity, Chung Yuan Christian University.
According to Chinese Christian Studies, on the one hand, this book demonstrates the development of Protestant fundamentalist groups represented by the China Inland Mission from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries at a macro level. It also focuses on the lives of Hudson Taylor's missionary assistants at a micro level, showing their distinctive personalities and characteristics of the times. On the other hand, this book dives into the development of fundamentalist Christianity in China and even its transformation into Chinese Christianity during this period, showing many little-known details of the church on the Chinese mainland.
Overall, the book presents a history of the development of a certain kind of folk Christianity in China, a history that still has a story to tell today and has shaped, to some extent, the character and appearance of contemporary Chinese Christianity.
The author Alvin Austin was born in Calcutta, the son of a missionary couple of the China Inland Mission. He was an assistant professor at Brooke University in Ontario, Canada until his retirement. His works include Saving China: Canadian Missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1888-1959.
- Translated by Kristina Ran
近日，阿尔文‧奥斯汀的著作《中国亿兆：中国内地会与晚清社会(1832-1905)》由台湾基督教文艺出版社和中原大学基督教与华人文化社会研究中心联合出版。
《中国亿兆：中国内地会与晚清社会(1832-1905)》(China’s Millions: The China Inland Mission and Late Qing Society, 1832-1905)这本书一方面在宏观上展示了以中国内地会为代表的基督教新教基要主义团体在19世纪到20世纪的发展历程；在微观上聚焦戴德生的传教助手群体，展示他们身上鲜明的个性和时代特性；另一方面聚焦于该时期基要派基督教在中国本土化乃至变成中国人的基督教的发展历程，展示了该过程中，中国内地会历来鲜为人知的一面。整体而言，《中国亿兆》这本书展现了中国某种民间基督教的发展历史，这种历史在当今仍有故事在发生，并在一定程度上塑造了当代中国基督教的品格与面貌。
作者简介：
阿尔文‧奥斯汀，出生于加尔各答，父母都是中国内地会传教士。曾在加拿大安大略省布鲁克大学担任助理教授，直至退休。其著作有：《拯救中国：加拿大宣教士在中国（1888-1959）》等。
新书速递|《中国亿兆：中国内地会与晚清社会(1832-1905)》出版
Recently, Alvin Austin's book China's Millions: The China Inland Mission and Late Qing Society, 1832-1905 was jointly published by the Chinese Christian Literature Council of Taiwan, and the Research Center for Chinese Christianity, Chung Yuan Christian University.
According to Chinese Christian Studies, on the one hand, this book demonstrates the development of Protestant fundamentalist groups represented by the China Inland Mission from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries at a macro level. It also focuses on the lives of Hudson Taylor's missionary assistants at a micro level, showing their distinctive personalities and characteristics of the times. On the other hand, this book dives into the development of fundamentalist Christianity in China and even its transformation into Chinese Christianity during this period, showing many little-known details of the church on the Chinese mainland.
Overall, the book presents a history of the development of a certain kind of folk Christianity in China, a history that still has a story to tell today and has shaped, to some extent, the character and appearance of contemporary Chinese Christianity.
The author Alvin Austin was born in Calcutta, the son of a missionary couple of the China Inland Mission. He was an assistant professor at Brooke University in Ontario, Canada until his retirement. His works include Saving China: Canadian Missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1888-1959.
- Translated by Kristina Ran
New Book on The China Inland Mission and Late Qing Society Published
