As incredible as it may seem, the American missionaries who
journeyed to China in 1860 planning solely to spread the Gospel
ultimately reinvented their entire enterprise. By 1900, they were
modernizing China with schools, colleges, hospitals, museums, and
even YMCA chapters. In Cultures Colliding, John R. Haddad nimbly
recounts this transformative institution-building-how and why it
happened-and its consequences. When missionaries first traveled to
rural towns atop mules, they confronted populations with entrenched
systems of belief that embraced Confucius and rejected Christ.
Conflict ensued as these Chinese viewed missionaries as unwanted
disruptors. So how did this failing movement eventually change
minds and win hearts? Many missionaries chose to innovate. They
built hospitals and established educational institutions offering
science and math. A second wave of missionaries opened YMCA
chapters, coached sports, and taught college. Crucially,
missionaries also started listening to Chinese citizens, who
exerted surprising influence over the preaching, teaching, and
caregiving, eventually running some organizations themselves. They
embraced new American ideals while remaining thoroughly Chinese. In
Cultures Colliding, Haddad recounts the unexpected origins and
rapid rise of American institutions in China by telling the stories
of the Americans who established these institutions and the Chinese
who changed them from within. Today, the impact of this untold
history continues to resonate in China.
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