Hakka Chinese Confront Protestant Christianity, 1850-1900: With the Autobiographies of Eight Hakka Christians, and Commentary

by Jessie Gregory Lutz, Rolland Ray Lutz

This work focuses on the 19th-century mission conducted by Chinese evangelists among the Hakka, an ethnic minority in south China. The principal part of the text comprises the autobiographies of eight pioneer missionaries who offer insight into village life and customs of the Hakka people.

312 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1997

About the author

Jessie Lutz is professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University. She received her doctorate in modern Chinese history from Cornell University, and taught at several universities in China as well as Rutgers University for 30 years, focusing primarily on Christian missions in China, student nationalism, and education. (From Hyde, Sarah, "Learning for the love of it," Chapel Hill News, March 29, 2009.)
"An Interview with Jessie Gregory Lutz: Historian of Chinese Christianity"