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This study examines how the social gospel, an indigenous American reform ideology, was exported to the turbulent Chinese situation in the early twentieth century by the Young MenOs Christian Association. Beginning with an overview of the YMCA and its role in American Christianity around the turn of the century, this book relates how the institution evolved and developed its own form of Social Gospel Protestantism.
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Baptized in the Fire of Revolution : The American Social Gospel and the YMCA in China, 1919-1937
author
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Hsing, Chn.
publisher
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Lehigh University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0934223416
print isbn13
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9780934223416
ebook isbn13
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9780585188935
language
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English
subject
Young Men's Christian associations--China--History, Social gospel, China--Church history--20th century.
publication date
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1996
lcc
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BV1060.C6H75 1996eb
ddc
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267/.3951
subject
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Young Men's Christian associations--China--History, Social gospel, China--Church history--20th century.
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Baptized in the Fire of Revolution
The American Social Gospel and the YMCA in China: 1919-1937
Jun Xing
Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press London: Associated University Presses
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1996 by Associated University Presses, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hsing, Chn. Baptized in the fire of revolution : the American social gospel and the YMCA in China, 1919-1937 / Jun Xing. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-934223-41-6 (alk. paper) 1. Young Men's Christian associationsChinaHistory. 2. Social gospel. 3. ChinaChurch history20th century. I. Title. BV1060.C6H75 1996 267'.3951dc20 96-8504 CIP
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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To Shari, Jane, and Diana
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Contents
List of Illustrations
9
Acknowledgments
11
Introduction
13
1. The Social Gospel and the YMCA in the United States
25
2. The Social Gospel and the YMCA in China
44
3. A Cross-Cultural Synthesis: 1922-1925
64
4. Christianizing the Social Order: 1925-1931
101
5. Christian Internationalism in the Crucible: 1931-1935
125
6. From a Social Gospel to a Revolutionary Gospel: 1934-1937
152
Conclusion: Retrospect and Prospect
168
Appendix A: Roster of Local Associations (1900-1935)
176
Appendix B: Roster of American Secretaries in China, 1898-1951
177
Appendix C: Roster of Prominent Chinese National Secretaries and Board Members, 1919-1937
181
Notes
182
Bibliography
207
Index
233
Page 9
List of Illustrations
Shanghai, National Headquarters, dedicated April 1921. (Courtesy YMCA of the USA Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.)
90
Fletcher Brockman, John R. Mott, and David Yui, 1920s. (Courtesy YMCA of the USA Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.)
91
Sherwood Eddy, 1918. (Courtesy YMCA of the USA Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.)
92
Cheng-Ting Wang, 1916. (Courtesy YMCA of the USA Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.)
93
Eugene E. Barnett. (Courtesy YMCA of the USA Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.)
94
T. Z. Koo, 1927. (Courtesy YMCA of the USA Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.)
95
P. C. Hsu, 1923. (Courtesy YMCA of the USA Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.)
96
Y. T. Wu, 1938. (Courtesy YMCA of the USA Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.)
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