I. General – II. History and Civilization – III. History of Religion – IV. Chinese Religions and Missiology – V. Christianity
I. General
1. Geography, climate, population.
Over the centuries, China has integrated a wide variety of cultures, including influences from far distant lands. It has not always included all the territory it does today. With a current area of approx. 9.6 million km2, China is broken up …
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Schmidt-Glintzer, Helwig,
Seiwert, Hubert,
Chi Chung Lee, Archie and
Tze Ming Ng, Peter,
“China, People's Republic of”, in:
Religion Past and Present.
Consulted online on 02 March 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_02912>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013