An American Missionary In Chin John Leighton Stuart And Chinese-American Relations

Through reading the book, An American Missionary in China: John Leighton Stuart and Chinese-American Relations, I’ve learned the story of Mr. John Leighton Stuart (1876 – 1962). Stuart was an American Christian missionary in China. His deeds were an example of the social-gospel wing of the Christian missionary movement in China, and was perhaps the most successful missionary of that faction in China. His major concern was not merely for saving souls but also for the social welfare of people. Stuart developed a plausible synthesis between Christian theology and ethics on the one hand and Chinese religious and cultural tradition on the other. Except in the very early period of his missionary life, he did not challenge the ethical and humanistic