A visit of Christian missionaries at Mount Wutai: Mongol Buddhism from a cross-cultural perspective

James Gilmour (1842-1891) was a Scottish missionary of London Missionary Society who carried out his mission assiduously among Mongols and Han-Chinese north of the Great Wall from 1870 until 1891. He was among the most well-known missionaries of his time, in part because of the exoticism of Mongolia...

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Main Author: Temule, Temur (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
In: Studies in Chinese Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-95
Further subjects:B Christian missionary
B James Gilmour
B Pilgrimage
B Mongol Buddhism
B Christianity and Buddhism
B Mount Wutai
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