Lars Peter Laamann obtained his Ph.D. in 2001 at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is Senior Lecturer in the history of eastern Asia at SOAS and editor of the Central Asiatic Journal.Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, Ph.D. (2000), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, is Professor of History at Pace University in New York City.

• Preface: In Permanent Gratitude to R. G. TiedemannList of FiguresNotes on Contributors1 Christianity and Community Governance in Modern ChinaJoseph Tse-Hei Lee and Lars Peter Laamannpart 1: Spirit / 靈: Filling a Cosmological Void2 Torch-Bearers of Modernity? Western Missionaries, Demonism and Exorcism in Modern China (1860s–1930s)Lars Peter Laamann 3 Signs of Power: Christians’ Search for Certainty in Troubled Times (1906–1919)Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye 4 Buddhist-Christian Encounters: Robert Morrison and the Haichuang Buddhist Temple in Nineteenth-Century CantonMan-Shun Yeung 5 Seeking Convergence: Richard Wilhelm, Wu Leichuan, and their Quest for a Shared Confucian-Christian VisionLydia Gerber part 2 : Intellect / 智: Christianizing Chinese Hearts and Minds 6 Mission Education and New Opportunities: American Presbyterian Schools in Shandong ProvinceJohn R. Stanley 7 Trained to Care: The Institutionalization of Nursing in Hong Kong (1887–1900)David Jong Hyuk Kang 8 Patriotic Cooperation: Why was the Church-Run Border Service Department Established in Wartime China?Diana Junio9 Building a National Bible Society: The China Bible House and the Indigenization of Bible WorkGeorge Kam Wah Makpart 3: Body / 體: Christian Activism in Local Society10 Faith and Charity: Christian Disaster Management in 1920s Chaozhou Joseph Tse-Hei Lee11 Catholic Mission Stations in Northern China: Centres of Stability and Protection in Troubled TimesRolf Gerhard Tiedemann12 Revive, Survive, and Divide: Rebuilding Seventh-Day Adventism in WenzhouChristie Chui-Shan ChowIndex