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Xi Lian

Xi Lian

David Steinmetz Distinguished Professor of World Christianity
Divinity School
xlian@div.duke.edu
Duke Divinity School, Box 90967, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Divinity School, Box 90967, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

Blood Letters The Untold Story of Lin Zhao, a Martyr in Mao's China

Book · March 20, 2018 Drawing on these works and others from the years before her arrest, as well as interviews with her friends, her classmates, and other former political prisoners, Lian Xi paints an indelible portrait of courage and faith in the face of ... ... Cite

A New Journey in the Study of Christianity in China.

Journal Article The Chinese Historical Review · 2013 Cite

Cultural Christians' and the Search for Civil Society in Contemporary China.

Journal Article The Chinese Historical Review · 2013 Cite

A Messianic Deliverance for Post-Dynastic China: The Launch of the True Jesus Church in the Early Twentieth Century

Journal Article Modern China · 2008 This article explores the rise of the True Jesus Church (TJC) as part of an emerging indigenous Chinese Christianity. Begun in 1917 under the influence of American Pentecostalism, the TJC developed into a lively popular sect with more than a million member ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Search for Chinese Christianity in the Republican Period (1912-1949)

Journal Article Modern Asian Studies · 2004 The independent, sectarian drive toward a fiery, apocalyptic Christianity in early 20th century China was largely induced by political, social, national and environmental crises as well as personal distress. It also brought forth a popular religious respon ... Full text Link to item Cite

The conversion of missionaries: liberalism in American Protestant missions in China, 1907-1932

Journal Article International Bulletin of Missionary Research · October 1, 1999 Link to item Cite