PART I: GENERAL -- 1. Interdenominational Protestant movements and organizations in the period preceding the World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh (1910): a historical and comparative study of their missionary significance and impact on East Asia / Jan A.B. Jongeneel -- 2. Christianity and contemporary social developments in North-East Asia: reflections on the future development of Christianity in China / Xinping Zhuo -- PART II: CHINA -- 3. Distribution of Christian literature in East Asia: a comparison of China and Japan in the late 19th century / John T.P. Lai -- 4. Contending for the faith: a study of the early 20th century fundamentalism in China in comparison with Korea and Japan / Kevin Xiyi Yao -- 5. Nationalism, modernization, and Christian education in 20th century East Asia: a comparison of the situations in China, Japan, and Korea / Peter Tze Ming Ng, Yongguang Zhang -- 6. Christian socialism in pre-World War II Asia: a comparison of Zhang Shizhang in China and Tokohiko Kagawa in Japan / Jiafeng Liu -- 7. Sino-theology as a non-church movement: historical and comparative perspectives -- PART III: JAPAN -- 8. John Liggins and the beginning of Protestant mission work in Nagasaki, Japan (May-June 1859) / Thomas G. Oey -- 9. The Chinese YMCA in Tokyo: China-Japan relations om the perspective of Christian education exchange (1998-1907) / Yuko Watanabe -- 10. Christian education in Japan: a comparison of the concepts and activities of the NCEA and IBC / Naoto Tsuji -- PART IV: KOREA -- 11. John Ross and the Church in Korea: Bible translation and church planting (1870-1900s) / Chong-ku Paek -- 12. The work of Canadian missions among Koreans in Japan, Manchuria, and Korea (1898-1942) / Ji-il Tark -- 13. The Lord's second coming and the empire: the Holiness Mission and Church in Japan, Korea, and China and its forced end (1901-43) -- 14. Viewpoints, activities, and characteristics of the Korean churches and Chinese churches during the Korean War: a comparison.