A Retrospect
Taylor, James Hudson, 1832-1905
Missions and cross-cultural work · 1832–1905
Hudson Taylor
Taylor's accounts document a distinctive missionary movement in China and the devotional culture surrounding it. Study both the reported religious motives and the larger history of colonialism, language, local communities, and cross-cultural power.
How to study this writer
Read a chapter and identify the author's stated aims, decisions about language and culture, and the voices not represented. Discuss how a modern mission partnership would make local leadership and accountability central.
Historical caution: A single missionary narrative is not a comprehensive history of the people or communities described.
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Union and Communion; or, Thoughts on the Song of Solomon
Taylor, James Hudson, 1832-1905
Separation and Service; or, Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII.
Taylor, James Hudson, 1832-1905
A Ribband of Blue, and Other Bible Studies
Taylor, James Hudson, 1832-1905
Unfailing Springs
Taylor, James Hudson, 1832-1905
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