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Apr 2010
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Connecting the dots: Chinese scholars on...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Final lecture of the Martin D'Arcy Memorial lecture series on Christianity in China, in this lecture, Dr Wu looks at the various perspectives on how Chinese and western scholars understand christianity in china and also cross-cultural studies. 
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