The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Rebellion and the Blasphemy of Empire
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Description
"In this study, Reilly emphasizes the Christian elements of the Taiping faith, showing how Protestant missionaries built on earlier Catholic efforts to translate Christianity into a Chinese idiom. Prior studies of the rebellion have failed to appreciate how Hong Xiuquan's interpretation of Christianity connected the Taiping faith to an imperial Chinese cultural and religious context." "This book makes a major contribution to the study of the Taiping Rebellion and to our understanding of the ideology of both the rebels and the traditional imperial system they opposed. It will appeal to scholars in the fields of Chinese history, religion, and culture and of Christian theology and church history."--Jacket
ISBN
9780295801926, 0295801921, 0295984309, 9780295984308
Publication Date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press
City
Seattle
Keywords
Christianity, War, Religious Aspects, History
Disciplines
History | Religion
Recommended Citation
Reilly, Thomas H., "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Rebellion and the Blasphemy of Empire" (2004). Faculty Books. 135.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/facultybooks/135