Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In less than a decade, China could have 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 set 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."
Synopsis
Through the 150-year saga of one family, this book traces the remarkable religious evolution of the world's most populous nation. Shanghai Faithful is both a touching family memoir and a chronicle of Christianity in China. Five generations of Lins--buffeted by history's crosscurrents and personal strife--bring to life an era still unfolding.