TY - JOUR
AU - Barnett, Suzanne Wilson
AB - Asia and the East never adequately dealt with, it is hard to imagine century, and the impact of the work of over six community transforming Western approaches to hundred Chinese churches founded in China be- medieval China. Fogel is too much the gentleman tween 1901 and 1931. The author's argument that to dwell on the psychodynamics whereby a Japa- the "gospel of power," or Western imperialism, nese academic projects such a vision into the precluded Chinese acceptance of the Christian Chinese past. He has put us deeply in his debt by message is less convincing in this light (p. 253). making readily accessible a major contribution to Covell's placement in the middle of the book of contemporary Japanese debate on medieval two chapters on Buddhism creates a certain dis- China. jointedness of historical flow. Also disturbing to Specialists will want to consult John Lee's notes me are some errors in the romanization of Chinese on the translation in the Journal of Asian Studies names and terms, some problems of source spec- (February 1987). ification, and some confusion in the use of both DENNIS GRAFFLIN parenthetical and endnote references. Such tech- Bates College nical weaknesses aside, the gospel in Chinese 
TI - Ralph R. Covell. Confucius, the Buddha, and Christ: A History of the Gospel in Chinese. (American Society of Missiology Series, number 11.) Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis. 1986. Pp. xv, 285. $14.95
JF - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/94.4.1153
DA - 1989-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/ralph-r-covell-confucius-the-buddha-and-christ-a-history-of-the-gospel-BgNVSb5z2e
SP - 1153
EP - 1153
VL - 94
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -