Founded in 1849, St John's Cathedral is the oldest neogothic cathedral in East Asia and China's oldest surviving Anglican church still in operation. In its early decades it was a centre of colonial life in Hong Kong. More recently, it has opened itself widely to other communities in Hong Kong, becoming a truly international church with services held in several languages. Drawing on extensive archives, and written in a lively style, this first comprehensive history of St John's traces the cathedral's roles as a colonial parish church and as a bishop's seat for a diocese that once covered the whole of China and beyond. It also discusses St John's significance as a cente of worship for a modern cosmopolitan community. Imperial to International is the first volume in the new series Sheng Kung Hui: Historical Studies of Anglican Christianity in China, co-published by the Hong Kong University Press and the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui.
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- Front Cover
- Book Synopsis
- Author Biography
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series Introduction by Philip Wickeri
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword by Paul Kwong
- Introduction
- 1 Genesis, 1841-1850
- 2 Imperial Parish, 1850-1873
- 3 Quiescence and Struggle, 1873-1906
- 4 The Search for Substance, 1902-1927
- 5 The Making of a Cathedral, 1927-1941
- 6 Out of Darkness, 1941-1953
- 7 Shedding Colonialism, 1953-1976
- 8 Towards an International Church, 1976-1992
- 9 Into the 'Chinese Century'
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Colour Plates
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