The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004. 5th printing. Octavo in golden DJ, b&w illus to spine and front DJ, xi, 235 pages, b&w illustrations, map; 23 cm. Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to boards and spine, faint soiling to fore-edges, sparse highlighting to two pages, extremely mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, faint soiling to rear DJ, exceedingly gentle rubbing to DJ corners, faint sunning to DJ spine, else Near Fine(-) in Near Fine(-) DJ. in near fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 0295984309

DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. "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. Contents: The early Catholic search for the name of God -- The Protestant Bible and the birth of the Taiping Christian movement -- The Taiping challenge to empire -- Worship and witness in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom -- The Taiping legacy and missionary Christianity.