Subtitle:
The Saga of a Chinese Christian Family
Activity Type:
Lecture
Presenter:
Jennifer Lin
Date:
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 12:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Journalist Jennifer Lin examines the tumultuous past and present of Christianity in China through five generations of her family. A former Beijing correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Lin chronicles 150 years of family history in the recently published "Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family" (Rowman & Littlefield). The book includes a compelling cast: a doctor who treated opium addicts; a Penn-educated Chinese pastor; and the influential independent religious leader Watchman Nee, imprisoned after 1949 as a "counterrevolutionary."
UCIS Unit:
Asian Studies Center