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.
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.
Jennifer Lin is an award-winning journalist and former reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In a distinguished thirty-year career, she served as the paper's New York financial correspondent, Washington foreign affairs reporter, and Asia bureau chief, based in China.
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List of Characters Note on Spellings and Reporting Introduction Prologue: Shanghai, 1956 Part I. Foreign Ghosts 1 Cook: Fujian Province, Mid-1800s 2 Doctor: Fujian Province, 1890 3 Firstborn: Fuzhou, 1907 Part II. Patriots 4 Light and Truth: Shanghai, 1913 5 A Modern Man: Aboard SS Nanking, 1918 6 Second Daughter: Fuzhou, 1920 7 Running Dog: Fuzhou, 1924 8 Alma Mater: Fuzhou, 1928 Part III. A House Divided 9 Watchman Nee: Shanghai, 1932 10 Island of Shanghai: Shanghai, 1937 11 Bund to Boardwalk: Shanghai, 1949 Part IV. New Order 12 American Wolves: Shanghai, 1950 13 Missing: Shanghai, 1955 14 Prelude: Shanghai, 1957 Part V. Bad Elements 15 Lane 170: Shanghai, 1966 16 Yellow Music: Shanghai, 1968 17 Barefoot Doctor: Jilin Province, 1969 18 Passages: Shanghai, 1971 19 Father, Hello! Shanghai, 1972 20 Lost: Jilin Province, 1973 Part IV. Revival 21 Faith: Fuzhou, 2015 Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography
List of Characters Note on Spellings and Reporting Introduction Prologue: Shanghai, 1956 Part I. Foreign Ghosts 1 Cook: Fujian Province, Mid-1800s 2 Doctor: Fujian Province, 1890 3 Firstborn: Fuzhou, 1907 Part II. Patriots 4 Light and Truth: Shanghai, 1913 5 A Modern Man: Aboard SS Nanking, 1918 6 Second Daughter: Fuzhou, 1920 7 Running Dog: Fuzhou, 1924 8 Alma Mater: Fuzhou, 1928 Part III. A House Divided 9 Watchman Nee: Shanghai, 1932 10 Island of Shanghai: Shanghai, 1937 11 Bund to Boardwalk: Shanghai, 1949 Part IV. New Order 12 American Wolves: Shanghai, 1950 13 Missing: Shanghai, 1955 14 Prelude: Shanghai, 1957 Part V. Bad Elements 15 Lane 170: Shanghai, 1966 16 Yellow Music: Shanghai, 1968 17 Barefoot Doctor: Jilin Province, 1969 18 Passages: Shanghai, 1971 19 Father, Hello! Shanghai, 1972 20 Lost: Jilin Province, 1973 Part IV. Revival 21 Faith: Fuzhou, 2015 Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography
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