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Book Synopsis'Clark's sharp-eyed update on Korean Christianity is the best-balanced, best-informed and most lucid contemporary analysis of an astonishing phenomenon) the emergence in non-Christian Asia of the church in Korea from persecuted sect to national recognition and power in less than a hundred years. The book is short but convincing.'CHOICE
Trade ReviewIn this brief volume Clark has succeeded admirably in providing a concise but comprehensive profile of the Korean church and some suggestions on how history made it the way it is....I highly recommend it. * Journal of Asian Studies *
...will be a welcome addition to those interested in what happens to Christianity in a non-Western, nonwhite world. * CHOICE *
Clark's sharp-eyed update on Korean Christianity is the best-balanced, best-informed and most lucid contemporary analysis of an astonishing phenomenon) the emergence in non-Christian Asia of the church in Korea from persecuted sect to national recognition and power in less than a hundred years. The book is short but convincing. -- Samuel Hugh Moffett, Princeton Theological Seminary * CHOICE *
...his research is thorough and he includes extensive secular historical information, making this study very useful as a basis for further research. The book is excellent. * Korean Studies *
...his research is thorough and he includes extensive secular historical information, making this study very useful as a basis for further research. The book is excellent. * Korean Studies *
In this brief volume Clark has succeeded admirably in providing a concise but comprehensive profile of the Korean church and some suggestions on how history made it the way it is....I highly recommend it. * Journal of Asian Studies *
...will be a welcome addition to those interested in what happens to Christianity in a non-Western, nonwhite world. * CHOICE *
Clark's sharp-eyed update on Korean Christianity is the best-balanced, best-informed and most lucid contemporary analysis of an astonishing phenomenon) the emergence in non-Christian Asia of the church in Korea from persecuted sect to national recognition and power in less than a hundred years. The book is short but convincing. -- Samuel Hugh Moffett, Princeton Theological Seminary * CHOICE *
