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

• Autore: Ion A. Hamish
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., Canada, : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 266/.02371052; 266/.023710171252/09034
• Soggetto topico: Protestant churches - Missions - Japan - History; Protestant churches - Missions - Korea - History; Protestant churches - Missions - Taiwan - History
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Church history; East Asia Church history
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The cross and the rising sun
• ISBN: 1-55458-216-4; 0-88920-761-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155003703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cross and the rising sun ; ; v. 2