Scott Sunquist’s contribution to Asian Christian studies has been exemplary. This is the fifth book in the missiological engagement series. In 2001 he edited A Dictionary of Asian Christianity and presented a comprehensive resource on Christianity in Asia. In the… Read More ›
(H) Book Review
Missionary Christianity and Local Religion: American Evangelicalism in North India, 1836-1870
This is an exciting study on the history of Christian missions and their encounter with local religious sects in North India. It explores the relationship between American evangelical Christianity and the Hindu bhakti traditions in the Uttar Pradesh region during… Read More ›
Contributions of Missionaries Towards Education in India
Jonathan Masih has done a commendable service to Christian historians by exploring and outlining the contributions of missionaries towards education in India. In his foreword to this important book, Arthur McPhee rightly calls it one of the “finest overviews” of… Read More ›
Introduction to World Christian History
This latest introduction to World Christianity comes with some bold new claims and unique perspectives. It carefully builds on the existing resources and secures a place for itself with a fresh emphasis. However, to those who have journeyed with Earl… Read More ›
The Uniquely African Controversy: Studies on Donatist Christianity
Anthony Dupont, Matthew Alan Gaumer, and Mathijs Lamberigts are the editors for the edited volume, The Uniquely African Controversy: Studies on Donatist Christianity. This edited volume provides a much needed resource in Donatist studies. David G. Hunter comments on how… Read More ›
After Evangelicalism: The Sixties and the United Church of Canada
After Evangelicalism is written by Canadian historian Kevin N. Flatt, an expert on secularization and religious change in the twentieth century, particularly in Canadian history. He is the Associate Professor of History at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, where… Read More ›
Asian Americans: Oral Histories of First to Fourth Generation Americans from China, the Philippines, Japan, India, the Pacific Islands, Vietnam and Cambodia
Sam Sue, 2nd generation Chinese American, recalls his childhood in Mississippi, “We thought of buying a house in 1966, but it didn’t work out. It was a white neighborhood, and the day before closing, we received a telephone call. Someone… Read More ›
A New History of Christianity in China
Students of Chinese Christianity have long hoped for and desperately needed a book like Daniel Bays’s magisterial yet concise history of Christianity in China. Such a book has only become possible in the last few years with the rising tide… Read More ›
Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age
After reading through this magnificent and insightful book, one can easily enter into a state of wonder and bask in the glow of having been exhilarated and enriched by encountering the rich offering of a welcoming master. But this is… Read More ›
Theosis, Sino-Christian Theology and the Second Chinese Enlightenment
Alexander Chow’s work on Chinese Christian thought combines careful sympathy, impressive ambition, and bold, insightful suggestions for future constructive projects. The sympathy is evident in his thoughtful readings and vivid reconstructions of a panoply of thinkers, past and present. Chow’s… Read More ›