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Apr 2010
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The Hall of Four: politics, faith and da...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Second lecture in the Martin D'Arcy Memorial lecture series on contemporary Chinese perspectives on Christianity in China. In this lecture, Dr Wu looks at the spread of christianity in china despite persecutions in the 18th and 19th century. 
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