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Striving for the "Whole Duty of Man"

James Legge and the Scottish Protestant Encounter with China : Assessing Confluences in Scottish Nonconformism, Chinese Missionary Scholarship, Victorian Sinology, and Chinese Protestantism [Other]

by Lauren Pfister

    • Author

      Lauren Pfister

    • Book Format

      Microfilm

    • Publisher

      Peter Lang GmbH

    • Published

      June 2004

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      Striving for the "Whole Duty of Man"

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      Product Description

      This is an intellectual biography of the early life and missionary career of James Legge (1815-1897), a monumental figure in 19th century European sinology. In the first volume details about Legge's family, religious setting, and educational experiences in northeastern Scotland are shown to anchor his intellectual interests, shaping his later religious transformation and commitment to Chinese missionary work. The trial, adjustments and initial missionary strategies of the Legge family's first years in Malacca and the new colony of Hongkong (1840-1848) bring this volume to a close. In the second volume the flourishing of Legge's missionary scholarship is cast in the context of his application of « principles of Scottish Nonconformism and Scottish realist philosophy to many unexpected aspects of the Hongkong and Chinese contexts. While his sinological scholarship has weathered more than a century of criticism and neglect, Legge's unexpected emergence into roles as a Scottish Nonconformist prophet and counter-cultural folk hero in Hongkong reveal new dimensions of Protestant missions in China which challenge standard Orientalist interpretations of cultural imperialism.

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      • Author

        Lauren Pfister

      • Book Format

        Microfilm

      • Publisher

        Peter Lang GmbH

      • Published

        June 2004

      • Weight

        1060g

      • Page Count

        799

      • Dimensions

        155 x 218 x 46 mm

      • ISBN

        9783631509463

      • ISBN-10

        3631509464

      • Eden Code

        4067163

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      • Author/Creator: Lauren Pfister

      • ISBN: 9783631509463

      • Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH

      • Release Date: June 2004

      • Weight: 1060g

      • Dimensions: 155 x 218 x 46 mm

      • Eden Code: 4067163

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