04085cam a2200637Mi 4500 ocn908671070 OCoLC 20200709060344.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 150509s2015 xx o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP YDXCP IDEBK E7B N$T VLB TEFOD OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCF YDX COCUF KAT 908631368 985336393 985379752 9781599474885 (electronic bk.) 1599474883 (electronic bk.) 987615 (N$T) (OCoLC)908671070 (OCoLC)908631368 (OCoLC)985336393 (OCoLC)985379752 779842 MIL 67FC13BB-3A7D-4C2A-A407-03036C67483E OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com BR1285 .S73 2015eb REL 015000 bisacsh 275.1 275.1/08 275.1 23 MAIN Stark, Rodney, author. A star in the East : the rise of Christianity in China / Rodney Stark and Xiuhua Wang. West Conshohocken, PA : Templeton Press, [2015] ©2015 xi, 148 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 1 online resource (xi, 148 pages) : illustrations, portraits text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. The new religious awakening in China -- Christian missions to China: 1860-1950 -- Repression and Christian resistance -- Converting the educated -- Converting rural China -- Future prospects and consequences. Stark approaches the topic from an extensive research background in both Christianity and Chinese history, and Wang provides an inside look at Christianity and its place in her home country of China. Both authors cover the history of religion in China, disproving older theories concerning not only the number of Christians, but the kinds of Christians that have emerged in the past 155 years. Stark and Wang claim that when just considering the visible Christians, those not part of underground churches, there are still thousands of Chinese being converted to Christianity each day, and forty new churches opening each week. A Star in the East draws on two major national surveys to sketch a close-up of religion in China. A reliable estimate is that by 2007 there were approximately 60 million Christians in China. If the current rate of growth were to hold until 2030, there would be more Christians in China--about 295 million--than in any other nation on earth. This has significant implications, not just for China but for the greater world order. It is probable that Chinese Christianity will splinter into denominations, likely leading to the same kinds of political, social, and economic ramifications seen in the West today. Master record variable field(s) change: 082 China Church history. China Church history. RELIGION Christianity General. RELIGION Christianity History. bisacsh China. fast (OCoLC)fst01206073 Electronic books. Church history. fast (OCoLC)fst01411629 Electronic books. Wang, Xiuhua, author. Print version: Stark, Rodney. A Star in the East : The Rise of Christianity in China. West Conshohocken : Templeton Press, ©2015 9781599474878 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=987615 Concordia University of Edmonton Access http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=987615 from EBSCO Religion Collection EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL2039374 ebrary EBRY ebr11054810 EBSCOhost EBSC 987615 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis31521551 YBP Library Services YANK 12410147 92 N$T 56234 56234