Conclusion

In this survey of the relationship between Christianity and Chinese culture and tradition, we have attempted to show how the Christian presence in China has been related to political and social developments and how the fate of Christianity after the Communist revolution was closely related to the long-term failure to come to terms with Chinese culture.

Notes

1. David M. Paton (ed.) Essays in Anglican Self-Criticism (SCM Press, London, 1958).

2. Bishop K.H. Ting: Address in Lambeth Palace Chapel (1 October 1982).

Further Reading

Bush Jun., Richard C. Religion in Communist China (Abingdon Press, New York, 1970)

Cary-Elwes, Columba China and the Cross: Studies in Missionary History (Longman, London, 1957)

Fung, RaymondHouseholds of God on China’s Soil (World Council of Churches, 1982)

Hanson, Eric O. Catholic Politics in China and Korea (Orbis, Maryknoll, New York, 1980)

Latourette, Kenneth Scott A History of Christian Mission in China (SPCK, London, 1929)

Paton, David Μ. Christian Mission and the fudgment of God (SCM Press, London, 1953)

Treadgold, Donald W. The West in Russia and China, vol. 2, China 1582-1949 (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1973)