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Hudson Taylor & Missions to China: Did You Know?
Remarkable or little-known facts about Hudson Taylor and missions to China.
Samuel H. Chao
Hudson Taylor and Missions to China: From the Editor - Surprised by China
From the Editor
Mark Galli
Pushing Inward
Whether he was battling despair or floating on euphoric faith, Hudson Taylor drove himself—and the gospel—ever deeper into China.
Roger Steer
Fashion Statement
Missionaries who dressed like the Chinese suffered a few snags.
Alvyn Austin
Missions Dream Team
The story of seven extraordinary missionaries and their brief encounter with an extraordinary Chinese pastor.
Alvyn Austin
Trickle-Down Evangelism
The earliest China missionaries started with the elite.
Ralph R. Covell
Hudson Taylor and Missions to China: Christian History Timeline
The Christian History Timeline
editors
Unbecoming Ladies
Women played a controversial but decisive new role in China missions.
Ruth A. Tucker
Fury Unleashed
The Boxer Rebellion revealed the courage of missionaries—and the resentment they sparked.
Mark Galli
Hudson Taylor and Missions to China: A Gallery of Gritty Pioneers
Six missionaries whose tenacity changed China
Kevin D. Miller
Trying to Break Loose
It took some doing for Chinese Protestants to get free of missionary control.
Daniel H. Bays
Was It Worth It?
Western Protestants poured money and people into China for a hundred years. Did it make a significant difference?
editors
Hudson Taylor and Missions to China: Christian History Interview - The Miracles after Missions
The missionaries are forgotten, but the prospects for Chinese Christianity have never looked better.
interview with Kim-Kwong Chan
Fitting Outfits
What do you pack if you're going to China as a British missionary in 1865?
Hudson Taylor and Missions to China: Recommended Resources
What do you pack if you're going to China as a British missionary in 1865?
Samuel Hugh Moffett
Heresy in the Early Church: Did You Know?
Remarkable or little-known facts about heresy in the early church
Tony Lane is director of research and senior lecturer in Christian doctrine at London Bible College. He is author of "Exploring Christian Thought" (Nelson, 1996) and a CHRISTIAN HISTORY adviser.
Heresy in the Early Church: From the Editor - How to Read This Issue
Mark Galli, Editor
A Hammer Struck at Heresy
What exactly happened at the famous Council of Nicea, when the Roman emperor convened some 250 quarreling Christian bishops?
ROBERT PAYNE
The King Visits Earth
The champion of orthodoxy on why the Word became flesh.
Heresy in the Early Church: Christian History Infographic - Sifting Through the Christ Controversies
A quick summary of the competing schools of thought.
the Editors
Fine-Tuning the Incarnation
A lot of mistakes were made before the church figured out how best to describe Jesus Christ.
Bruce L. Shelley
The Defining Moment
Key portions of the church's most important theological statement
Finding the Truth
How the earliest church decided Marcion and the Gnostics, among others, were wrong.
GUSTO GONZLEZ, JR.
Why Bishops Should Be Trusted
When some early Christians said they had secret apostolic teaching, one church father said, "Not likely."
Heresy in the Early Church: A Gallery of Malcontents for Christ
The mixed motives and odd teachings of four notorious heretics
Stephen Miller is a free-lance writer and former editor of Illustrated Bible Life. He is a member of CHRISTIAN HISTORY's editorial advisory board.
Origen: Model or Heretic?
He created controversy when he tried to explain the gospel in terms his culture could grasp.
Kenneth R. Calvert
Heresy in the Early Church: Christian History Timeline
Bradley Nassif is visiting professor of Eastern Orthodoxy at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois. He is editor of New Perspectives on Historical Theology (Eerdmans, 1996).
Testing the Prophets
In the Montanist controversy, did the church reject heresy or the Holy Spirit?
Jim Smith is pastor of Clairemont Emmanuel Baptist Church, adjunct professor at Bethel Theological Seminary West (both in San Diego, California), and an editorial adviser for CHRISTIAN HISTORY.
Risky Lifestyles
It wasn't just what Christians believed but also how they lived that concerned early church teachers.
Robert Krupp is a librarian at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. He is author of Shepherding the Flock of God: The Pastoral Theology of John Chrysostom (Peter Lang, 1991).
Heresy in the Early Church: Christian History Interview - The Search for the Biblical Jesus
The hard, technical, theological work on Christ was essentially a 400-year Bible study.
interview with Thomas Oden
Heresy in the Early Church: Recommended Resources
David Wright is senior lecturer in ecclesiastical history at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is an editorial adviser for CHRISTIAN HISTORY.
Christianity and the American Revolution: Did You Know?
Little-known or remarkable facts about Christianity and the American Revolution
Cassandra Niemczyk is a freelance writer from Wheaton, Illinois, and a regular contributor to CHRISTIAN HISTORY.
From the Editor: Discovering the Unexpected - Again
Mark Galli
Preaching the Insurrection
Angry colonists were rallied to declare independence and take up arms because of what they heard from the pulpit.
Harry Stout is Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Christianity at Yale University. He is author of "The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England" (Oxford).
Fighting Words
Peter Muhlenberg gave perhaps the most dramatic sermon of the Revolutionary era.
Christianity and the American Revolution: A Gallery of Christians in the Cause
Five devout champions of liberty and revolution.
Mark Couvillon is historical interpreter and researcher at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He is co-author of "Patrick Henry Essays" (1994).
Holy Passion for Liberty
In their own words, patriots describe their sense that God had ordained their cause.
Christianity and the American Revolution: Christian History Timeline
Robert Calhoon is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is author of Dominion and Liberty: Ideology in the Anglo-American World (1994).
Disciples of Reason
What did the founding fathers really believe?
Edwin Gaustad is professor emeritus, history and religious studies, University of California, Riverside. He is author of Sworn on the Altar of God: A Religious Biography of Thomas Jefferson (Eerdmans, 1996).
Battling Irreligion in the Ranks
Chaplains had one of the toughest jobs in the Continental Army.
Charles Royster
Jesus vs. the Watchmaker
Which ideas energized the American Revolution: those of evangelical Christianity or enlightened deism?
Derek H. Davis is director of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Curious Mix in the Continental Congress
How Christians and deists worked together in the war effort.
Derek H. Davis is director of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
The Price of Dissent
Christians who argued against independence suffered for it.
Harry S. Stout
Selfish, Ungrateful Rebels
Many devout Christians were deeply troubled by the drive for independence.
A Revolution in Religion, Too
The Revolutionary War changed American Christianity, and it still sparks debate today.
A conversation with Mark Noll
Christianity and the American Revolution: Recommended Resources
David W. Kling is assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Miami and author of "A Field of Divine Wonders: The New Divinity and Village Revivals in Northwestern Connecticut, 1792–1822" (Penn State, 1993).
Everyday Faith in the Middle Ages: Did You Know?
Little-known or remarkable facts about everyday faith in the late Middle Ages
the Editors
Everyday Faith in the Middle Ages: From the Editor - Faith that Filled the Nooks and Crannies
Mark Galli, Editor
Religion With a Human Face
One woman's extraordinary faith reveals much about the ordinary faith of the Middle Ages.
Joseph Lynch is professor of medieval history at The Ohio State University. He is the author of "The Medieval Church: A Brief History" (Longman).
Everyday Faith in the Middle Ages: A Gallery of Unexpected Companions
Four Pilgrims in Canterbury Tales show the startling mix of medieval faith.
Lance Wilcox is assistant professor of English at Elmhurst College in Illinois.
An Inkeeper's Faith
Christianity in one Spanish village—a historical re-creation.
Glenn Olsen is professor of history at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, and an advisory editor of "The Catholic Historical Review."
Parenting With Mother Church
In the medieval world, what you taught your children was not just your business.
Katherine French is a professor of history at S.U.N.Y. in New Paltz, New York. She is co-editor of the forthcoming "The Parish in English Life: 1400–1600" (University of Manchester).
Everyday Faith in the Middle Ages: Christian History Timeline
by DANIEL BORNSTEIN [DANIEL BORNSTEIN Daniel Bornstein is associate professor of history at Texas A&M University. He is author of “The Bianchi of 1399: Popular Devotion in Late Medieval Italy” (Cornell, 1993).]
Scripture-Drenched Life
Medieval monasteries were Bible schools extraordinaire.
Dennis Martin teaches at Loyola University, Chicago
The Word Made Visible
Christians in the Middle Ages may have been largely illiterate, but they were not ignorant of the Bible.
Richard C. Leonard is president of Laudemont Ministries. He was Scripture editor for "The Complete Library of Christian Worship" (Abbott Martyn, 1993).
When a Third of the World Died
During the Black Death, the greatest catastrophe in human history, how did Christians respond?
Mark Galli is editor of CHRISTIAN HISTORY.
Warrior Spirituality
Princes and knights were expected to be men of noble character, military prowess, and deep Christian faith.
John Sommerfeldt is professor of history at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas. He is the author of "The Spiritual Teachings of Bernard of Clairvaux" (Cistercian).
Orthodoxy Wasn't Always Good Enough
The two most widespread medieval heresies
Bernard Hamilton is professor of crusading history at the University of Nottingham, England. He is author of "Religion in the Medieval West" (Edward Arnold).
Carrots and Sticks
How the Catholic Church responded to heresy
Bernard Hamilton is professor of crusading history at the University of Nottingham, England. He is author of "Religion in the Medieval West" (Edward Arnold).
God's Glory in Wood and Stone
Intriguing facts behind one of medieval Christendom's magnificent legacies: The Cathedral.
Kevin A. Miller is executive editor of Christian History.
Everyday Faith in the Middle Ages: Christian History Interview - Stepping Into a Christian Culture
Medieval Christianity seems dark and foreign—until you take a closer look.
an interview with JOHN VAN ENGEN
Everyday Faith in the Middle Ages: Recommended Resources
Everyday Faith in the Middle Ages: History in the Making - Pentecost at Prime Time
Early religious TV presented huge challenges, which Pentecostals met better than most.
David Harrell is a professor of history at Auburn University in Alabama. He is author of "Oral Roberts: an American Life" (Indiana) and "Pat Robertson: A Personal, Religious, and Political Portrait" (Harper & Row).
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