TY - BOOK ID - 34952575 TI - Missionary primitivism and Chinese modernity : the Brethren in twentieth-century China PY - 2019 VL - 54 SN - 09249389 SN - 9789004336759 9004336753 9004376100 9789004376106 PB - Leiden Brill DB - UniCat KW - Missions KW - Plymouth Brethren KW - Primitivism KW - Christianity KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity. KW - Influence. KW - Open Brethren KW - China KW - Church history. KW - Philosophy KW - Fratelli (Christian sect) KW - Christian sects KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Influence KW - Churches of God KW - S13B/0510 KW - S13B/0630 KW - Restoration movement (Christianity) KW - China: Christianity--Protestantism: missionary works KW - China: Christianity--Protestantism under communism: general KW - Missions - China. KW - Plymouth Brethren - Missions - China. KW - Primitivism - Religious aspects - Christianity. KW - Christianity - Influence. KW - China - Church history. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:34952575 AB - In Missionary Primitivism and Chinese Modernity: the Brethren in Twentieth-Century China, David Woodbridge offers an account of a little-known Protestant missionary group. Often depicted as extreme and marginal, the Brethren were in fact an influential force within modern evangelicalism. They sought to recreate the life of the primitive church, and to replicate the simplicity and dynamism of its missionary work. Using newly-released archive material, Woodbridge examines the activities of Brethren missionaries in diverse locations across China, from the cosmopolitan treaty ports to the Mongolian and Tibetan frontiers. The book presents a fascinating encounter between primitivist missionaries and a modernising China, and reveals the important role of the Brethren in the development of Chinese Christianity. ER -