Wickeri, Philip L.: "Christian Encounters with Chinese Culture: Essays on Anglican and Episcopal History in China."(Book review)

• Author: Reynolds, E. Bruce

Wickeri, Philip L. Christian Encounters with Chinese Culture: Essays on Anglican and Episcopal History in China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2015.

This study of the Anglican and Episcopal churches in China includes nine chapters, beginning with an overview by the editor, Philip L. Wickeri. The second chapter, "The Protestant Episcopal China Mission and Chinese Society" by Edward Yihua Xu, also takes a broad perspective, but the remaining chapters are more narrowly focused. Patricia P. K. Chiu looks at "Female Education and the Early Development of St. Stephen's Church, Hong Kong" and Fuk-tsang Ying discusses Bishop R. O. Hall's hopes for the Christian Study Centre on Chinese Religion, founded in Hong Kong in the late 1950s. Two chapters, by Chloe Starr and Feng Guo, describe efforts to create a universally acceptable translation of the Book of Common Prayer. Qi Duan examines the role of St. Peter's...