本书不是试图对近60多年来美国基督教传教事业作一详尽的或全面的叙述;作者的主题是,传教是美国对中国影响的一个方面,而它的基本假定是完全同中国的文化和中国人的信仰格格不入的;由于不符合中国人的需要,所以在50年代的早几年里,当马克思主义和中国民族主义胜利地结合时,传教运动便寿终正寝了。《泰晤士报文学增刊》评述者认为,从伐格这本书里可看出,美国一直害的是单相思病。“经过50年的艰巨基础工作,至1890年时,传 This book is not an attempt to give an exhaustive or comprehensive account of the Christian mission in the United States in the past 60 years. The author’s theme is that missionary work is one aspect of the U.S. influence on China, and its basic assumption is that it is entirely consistent with Chinese culture and China People’s beliefs are alien to themselves. Due to the non-compliance with the needs of the Chinese people, the missionary movement came to an end in the early years of the 1950s when the marxism of Marxism and Chinese nationalism were victoriously combined. The Times Literary Supplement commenter believes that it is evident from this book that the United States has always been suffering from monocision. After 50 years of arduous basic work, by 1890, pass