Christian Women and Modern China

The book provides a wide-ranging review of recent works and points to promising directions for future research, especially on contemporary developments among Chinese Protestant women. People interested in world Christianity, modern China, and women’s history will find this book useful.

* Reading Religion *

Comprehensive and up to date, this fascinating book presents the history of Christian women in Chinese Protestantism during the turbulent period of modern China. Placing gender in changing sociopolitical contexts and ideological divide, Dr. Ma demonstrates her astute social analysis and historical sensitivity. The book makes a significant contribution to Chinese history, World Christianity, gender and religion.

-- Kwok Pui-lan, Candler School of Theology, Emory University

This is an innovative, important, and altogether fascinating history of Chinese Christian women. Stretching from the period of Western missions through the communist era and up to the current Christian celebrity culture, Ma’s provocative history presses readers to think expansively about the relationship between Christianity, gender, and the modern Chinese nation.

-- Kristin Du Mez, Calvin University

Li Ma has indeed skillfully presented and recovered a history of women in the context of Chinese Protestantism and modern China.¹⁹ Through her writing we discover that the women persevered, truly becoming servants of their country and the church in the best sense of the word.

* ChinaSour