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Xi Lian

David Steinmetz Distinguished Professor of World Christianity
Divinity School
Duke Divinity School, Box 90967, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Divinity School, Box 90967, Durham, NC 27708

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 · 2020 - Present Divinity School
Professor of World Christianity · 2013 - Present Divinity School

Education, Training & Certifications


State University of New York, Albany · 1993 D.Art