Overview
Professor Lian’s research is focused on China’s modern encounter with Christianity. His first book, The Conversion of Missionaries (1997), is a critical study of American Protestant missions against the backdrop of rising Chinese nationalism in the early twentieth century. His second book, Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China (2010), winner of the 2011 Christianity Today Book Award, examines the development of missionary Christianity into a vibrant, indigenous …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
David Steinmetz Distinguished Professor of World Christianity
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2020 - Present
Divinity School
Professor of World Christianity
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2013 - Present
Divinity School
Education, Training & Certifications
State University of New York, Albany ·
1993
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