Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family

Synopsis

Within The Next Decade, China Could Be Home To More Christians Than Any Country In The World. Through The 150-year Saga Of A Single Family, This Book Vividly Dramatizes The Remarkable Religious Evolution Of The World’s Most Populous Nation. Shanghai Faithful Is Both A Touching Family Memoir And A Chronicle Of The Astonishing Spread Of Christianity In China. Five Generations Of The Lin Family - Buffeted By History’s Crosscurrents And Personal Strife - Bring To Life An Epoch That Is Still Unfolding. A Compelling Cast - A Poor Fisherman, A Doctor Who Treated Opium Addicts, An Ivy League–educated Priest, And The Charismatic Preacher Watchman Nee - Sets The Book In Motion. Veteran Journalist Jennifer Lin Takes Readers From Remote Nineteenth-century Mission Outposts To The Thriving House Churches And Cathedrals Of Today’s China. The Lin Family - And The Book’s Central Figure, The Reverend Lin Pu-chi - Offer Witness To China’s Tumultuous Past, Up To And Beyond The Betrayals And Madness Of The Cultural Revolution, When The Family’s Resolute Faith Led To Years Of Suffering. Forgiveness And Redemption Bring The Story Full Circle. With Its Sweep Of History And The Intimacy Of Long-hidden Family Stories, Shanghai Faithful Offers A Fresh Look At Christianity In China - Past, Present, And Future.--publisher Description. Prologue: Shanghai, 1956 -- Part I. Foreign Ghosts -- Cook: Fujian Province, Mid-1800s -- Doctor: Fujian Province, 1890 -- Firstborn: Fuzhou, 1907 -- Part Ii. Patriots -- Light And Truth: Shanghai, 1913 -- A Modern Man: Aboard The Ss Nanking, 1918 -- Second Daughter: Fuzhou, 1920 -- Running Dog: Fuzhou, 1924 -- Alma Mater: Fuzhou, 1928 -- Part Iii. A Home Divided -- Watchman Nee: Shanghai, 1932 -- Island Of Shanghai: Shanghai, 1937 -- Bund To Boardwalk: Shanghai, 1949 -- Part Iv. New Order -- American Wolves; Shanghai, 1950 -- Missing: Shanghai, 1955 -- Prelude: Shanghai, 1957 -- Part V. Bad Elements -- Lane 170: Shanghai, 1966 -- Yellow Music: Shanghai, 1968 -- Barefoot Doctor: Jilin Province, 1969 -- Passages: Shanghai, 1971 -- Father, Hello!: Shanghai, 1972 -- Lost: Jilin Province, 1973 -- Part Vi. Revival -- Faith: Fuzhou, 2015. Jennifer Lin. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 285-309) And Index.