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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aStark, Rodney, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA star in the East : _bthe rise of Christianity in China / _cRodney Stark and Xiuhua Wang.
264		1	_aWest Conshohocken, PA : _bTempleton Press, _c[2015]
264		4	_c©2015
300			_axi, 148 pages : _billustrations, portraits ;
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 148 pages) : _billustrations, portraits
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
588	0		_aPrint version record.
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_aStark 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.
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651		0	_aChina _xChurch history.
650		4	_aChina _xChurch history.
650		4	_aRELIGION _xChristianity _xGeneral.
650		7	_aRELIGION _xChristianity _xHistory. _2bisacsh
651		7	_aChina. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01206073
655		4	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aChurch history. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411629
655		0	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aWang, Xiuhua, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aStark, Rodney. _tA Star in the East : The Rise of Christianity in China. _dWest Conshohocken : Templeton Press, ©2015 _z9781599474878
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