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Article: The archives on the history of Christianity in China at Hong Kong Baptist University Library: its development, significance, and future.
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- International Bulletin of Missionary Research
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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The Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a regional pioneer in establishing a valuable archives collection on the history of Christianity in China, with the aim of preserving various facets of the Christian heritage in China. (1)
Archives on the History of Christianity in China
The Archives on the History of Christianity in China (AHC) collection, consisting mainly of materials in either English or Chinese, covers topics of Chinese Christians, missionaries, church history, and the history of Christianity in China. The archives emphasizes the period before 1950. At the end of 2003, there were 3,084 volumes of monographs (2,078 in English and 1,006 in ...