Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300123395)

This book is the first to address the history and future of homegrown, mass Chinese Christianity. Drawing on a large collection of fresh sources--including contemporaneous accounts, diaries, memoirs, archival material, and interviews--Lian Xi traces the transformation of Protestant Christianity in twentieth-century China from a small, beleaguered "missionary" church buffeted by antiforeignism to an indigenous popular religion energized by nationalism and millenarianism. Lian shows that, with a current membership that rivals that of the Chinese Communist Party, and the ability to galvanize China's millions into apocalyptic convulsion and messianic exuberance, the popular Christian movement channels the aspirations and the discontent of the masses and will play an important role in shaping the country's future.

Author: XI Lian
ISBN-10: 0300123396
ISBN-13: 9780300123395
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/23/2010
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d
Award: Christianity Today Book Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2010
Books & Culture 09/01/2010 pg. 20
Christian Century 10/19/2010 pg. 23
New York Review of Books 12/22/2011 pg. 55
Christian Century 02/06/2013 pg. 32