The Basil Society's China mission, one of the ore successful
Protestant missions in the nineteenth century, was distinguished by
the fact that most of the initial proselytizing was conducted by
Chinese converts in the interior rather than by Western
missionaries in the treaty ports. Thus the first viable protestant
communities were not only established by Chinese evangelists, they
were established among an ethnic minority in south China, the Hakka
people.
The autobiographies of eight pioneer Chinese missionaries
featured in this book offer an unusual opportunity to view village
life and customs in Guangdong during the mid-nineteenth century by
providing details on Hakka death and burial rituals, ancestor
veneration, lineages and lineage feuds, geomancy, the status of
Hakka women, widespread economic hardship, and civil disorder.
The authors' commentary addresses the issue of conversion, which
was fueled by individual desire for solace and salvation, the
building of a support community amid social chaos and the
possibility of social mobility through education. Despite an
expanding role by Western missionaries, the Chinese origins, the
rural interior locale, and the status of the Hakka as a
disadvantaged minority contributed to successive generations of
Christian families and to early progress toward an autonomous Hakka
church.
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