Rohtmets, Priit (2015) Estonian Missionaries in China during the Early 20th Century. In: When Gods Spoke. Researches and Reflections on Religious Phenomena and Artefacts. Studia Orientalia Tartuensia. Series Nova (VI). University of Tartu Press, Tartu, pp. 272-285.
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This article provides an analytical overview of the Finnish Missionary Society (FMS) and its two Estonian missionaries regarding their work in China during the early 20th century. The Estonian missionaries and the FMS itself are both quite unusual cases in the context of the Christian missionary activity in China, because they were representatives of rather small nation states without large colonial interests. Their work was characterized by a wish to include more Chinese in spreading Christianity among the Chinese people. To achieve this the FMS: i) established a synodical church in their missionary district; ii) and tried to reform missionary working methods. Unfortunately they were unable to find a solution acceptable to all parties and their reforms were not fully carried out. During the 1920s and 1930s the FMS's activities in China were under constant threat—e.g. buildings were often destroyed and some members even assaulted—from various actors that resulted in a considerable decrease in the local number of Chinese Christians.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Christianity in China, mission history, Finnish Missionary Society, Estonian mission |
| Subjects: | A Church/mission history |
| Divisions: | Baltic countries > Estonia |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2022 08:28 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jun 2022 08:28 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2586 |
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