Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity

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Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity
Type of site
Online encyclopedia
EditorGlobal China Center
URLwww.bdcconline.net
LaunchedJune 2006; 15 years ago (June 2006)

The Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity (BDCC) is a biographical dictionary which focuses on the lives of Chinese Christians and foreign Christian missionaries to China.[1] It is published in both Chinese and English.[2]

History[]

The BDCC was initially modelled after the Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB) produced by the Boston University School of Theology, and was supported by the DACB and the .[3] The BDCC began with already published biographical materials, especially from the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions (1998),[4][5] and invites contributions from other researchers and institutions.[6]

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References[]

  1. ^ Chow, Alexander (2018). Chinese Public Theology: Generational Shifts and Confucian Imagination in Chinese Christianity. Oxford University Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-19-880869-5.
  2. ^ "Introducing the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity". ChinaSource. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Our Story". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. ^ R. G. Tiedemann, ed. (2009). Handbook of Christianity in China. Vol. 2. Leiden: Brill. pp. 113–114, 514. ISBN 978-90-04-11430-2.
  5. ^ Gerald H. Anderson, ed. (1998). Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8028-4680-8.
  6. ^ "Guidelines for Writers". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

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