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" China and the true Jesus : "
Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye.
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873446
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Inouye, Melissa Wei-Tsing
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China and the true Jesus : : charisma and organization in a Chinese Christian church /\ Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye.
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New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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1 online resource :: maps
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0190923474
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: 0190923490
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0190923466
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9780190923464
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Missionaries in the Machau City (1864-1905) -- 2. A smaller, bigger world (1905-1917) -- 3. The first and last day (1917-1922) -- 4. The three lives of Deaconess Yang (1922-1932) -- 5. Four governments in China (1932-1949) -- 6. Saving comrade Stalin's soul (1949-1958) -- 7. The handwritten hymnbook (1958-1974) -- 8. Don't be like the gentiles (1974-present) -- 9. The parable of the cursed chicken (1974- present).
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The True Jesus Church was China's first major native Christian denomination and one of the earliest expressions of the charismatic and Pentecostal tradition that now dominates Chinese Christianity. Founded in 1917, after a silk merchant had a vision of Jesus, the Church was characterized by dramatic healings, exorcisms, tongues-speaking, and a call for a return to authentic Christianity that challenged the Western missionary establishment in China. In this history of the True Jesus Church, Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye links together key themes from modern Chinese social history to tell the story o.
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True Jesus Church.
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Christianity-- China.
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Missions-- China.
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Pentecostalism-- China.
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Christianity.
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Missions.
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Pentecostalism.
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RELIGION-- Christianity-- Denominations.
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China.
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289.94
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BR1644.5.C6I56 2018
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