Salt and Light

Salt and Light presents the life stories of outstanding Chinese Christians who, as early modernizers, promoted China's nation building and moral progress in the early twentieth century. Lively anecdotes and photographs highlight the strong character of ten pioneers in the modern professions of education, medicine, journalism, and diplomacy. These professionals were motivated by faith to introduce practical social reforms and build up China's civil society. They modeled and promoted virtues essential to social progress during the "golden age" of Chinese Protestantism. Their stories touch on themes important in today's global era: patterns of cooperation between foreign and Chinese partners, the contributions to China of Western-educated professionals, Christianity's role in furthering East-West understanding and exchanges, and the transnational nature of modern Chinese Christianity: Rong Hong - Visionary for a New China Tang Guo'an - Pioneering China's Rights Recovery Movement Shi Meiyu - An "Army of Women" in Medicine Fan Zimei - Between Tradition and Modernity Ding Shujing - The YWCA Pathway for China's "New Women" Mei Yiqi - University President in Wartime Lin Qiaozi - The Steady Pulse of a Quiet Faith Wei Zhuomin - Bridging National Culture and World Values Wu Yifang - Abundant Life in Training Women for Service Yan Yangchu - Reformer with a Heart for the Village The editors and authors articulate the importance of recovering China's Christian heritage as part of world Christianity. żżżż:żżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżżżż;żżżżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżżżżż"żż",żżżżżżżż,żżżżżż,żżżżżż!(żżż) żżżżżż19żż60żżżżżżż! żżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżż! żż1928żżżżżżżżżżżżż! ...... żżżżż1850ż1950żżżżżżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżż,żżżżżżż,żżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżż"żżżż"żżżż:żż"ż"ż"ż"żżż"ż",żżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżż;żż"ż",żżżżżżżżżżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżżżżżż żżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżżżżżżż"żżż"żż--żżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżżżżżż,żżżżżżżżż