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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155003703321

Autore

Ion A. Hamish

Titolo

The cross and the rising sun . Volume 2 The British Protestant missionary movement in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, 1865-1945 [[electronic resource] /] / A. Hamish Ion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., Canada, : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1993

ISBN

1-55458-216-4

0-88920-761-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

266/.02371052

266/.023710171252/09034

Soggetti

Protestant churches - Missions - Japan - History

Protestant churches - Missions - Korea - History

Protestant churches - Missions - Taiwan - History

Electronic books.

Japan Church history

East Asia Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The influx of Protestant missionaries from Britain to Japan, Korea and Taiwan was an integral part of the British presence in East Asia from 1865 to 1945. Ion draws on both British and Japanese sources to examine the life, work and attitudes of the British missionaries, women and men, who ventured far from their homeland to preach the gospel. He explores the role played by British Protestants as both Christian missionaries and informal ambassadors of their own country and civilization. Through their educational, social and medical work the missionaries helped introduce Western ideas and so