China's Millions

<DIV><B>Series:</B><a href=http://www.eerdmans.com/Products/CategoryCenter.aspx?CategoryId=SE!SHCM style=color: rgb(55 135 109); font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(248 245 238);> Studies in the History of Christian Missions (SHCM)</a><br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); /><br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); />In <I>China's Millions</I> veteran historian Alvyn Austin presents a compelling historical narrative of the China Inland Mission (now the Overseas Missionary Fellowship) -- the first history of the CIM by an outsider -- including 36 never-before-published illustrations and maps from the CIM/OMF archives. In the course of his sweeping survey Austin examines a remarkable array of subjects from the visionary charismatic sect-leader Pastor Hsi to the "wordless book" a missionary teaching device that fit perfectly with Chinese color cosmology to the opium-soaked aftermath of the North China Famine of 1877-79.</DIV>