Share <Embed>

Buy New

$17.81

Try Audible for free and start listening now!

Listen instantly in the free Audible app.
Get this audiobook, plus a second, free.
Listen anytime, anywhere, on any device.

After 30 days, Audible is $14.95/mo. Cancel anytime.

List Price: $27.95
Save: $10.14 (36%)

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

Sold by chess72 and Fulfilled by Amazon. Gift-wrap available.

Turn on 1-Click ordering for this browser

This item ships to France. Want it Friday, Oct. 19? Choose AmazonGlobal Priority Shipping at checkout. Learn more

Deliver to France

Buy Used

$8.95

FREE Shipping on orders over $25.

Deliver to France

Used: Good | Details

Sold by TipnTuck's

Fulfilled by Amazon

Turn on 1-Click ordering for this browser

Added to

Unable to add item to List. Please try again.

Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See this image

Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power Hardcover – October 25, 2003

by David Aikman (Author)

59 customer reviews

See all 16 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$15.88

—

—

Hardcover

"Please retry"

$17.81

"Please retry"

$11.49

Audible Audiobook, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$0.00

Free with your Audible trial

Unknown Binding

"Please retry"

—

—

David Aikman shows in his powerful and inspiring book, events in China will be critical to world religious affairs, and specifically the fate of Christianity. Philip Jenkins

Frequently bought together

+

Total price: $31.68

These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. Show details

Buy the selected items together

This item:Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power by David Aikman Hardcover $17.80
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
Sold by Fan Zone World and ships from Amazon Fulfillment.
FREE Shipping on orders over $25. Details
The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins Paperback $13.88
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
FREE Shipping on orders over $25. Details

Customers who bought this item also bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Philip Jenkins

94

Paperback
$13.88
Harvey Cox

33

Paperback
$17.99
Liao Yiwu

45

Hardcover
$15.00
Jung Chang

499

Hardcover
$20.52
Harvey Cox

33

Hardcover
$28.95
Stanley J. Grenz

24

Paperback
$26.94

Sponsored products related to this item (What's this?)

Page 1 of 1Start overPage 1 of 1

Feedback

Merry Celeste Murray

Eye-catching illustrations paired with the Biblical account of the birth of Jesus introduces young children to the true meaning of Christmas.

Kindle Edition
$3.99
Feedback

Andrian Teodoro

296

Paperback
$13.30
Feedback

Abbot George Burke (Swami Nirmalananda Giri)

The unique story of Jesus, Saint Thomas his apostle, and how the Dharma of India became part of Saint Thomas Christianity!

65

Kindle Edition
$2.99
Feedback

Donovan Neal

What would cause a 3rd of angelic kind to rebel? Read the fascinating tale of the fall of Lucifer. You will never look at the Bible the same!

163

Kindle Edition
$3.99
Feedback

Morris Fenris

A collection of 12 soul stirring stories of faith and love set during the holiday season. Grab your copy of this Christmas collection now!

7

Kindle Edition
$9.99
Feedback

Myrtle Brooks

Brooks’ love affair with the Big Apple served in ten allegorical slices depicting everyday people experiencing miraculous events in the five boroughs.

7

Paperback
$14.95
Feedback

Kristelle Angelli

On Christmas Eve, an angel takes Jenna through the mysteries of the Rosary. Is there more to the Faith of her childhood than she previously thought?

40

Kindle Edition
$2.99

Editorial Reviews

Review

David Aikman writes with conviction about the broad scope and deep roots of Christianity in China. It is a compelling -- James Lilley, former US ambassador to China and former US representative to Taiwan

From the Inside Flap

Is China America's Next Great Ally?

An unreported tectonic shift is happening in global politics--and it's driven by religion.

Within the next thirty years, one-third of China's population could be Christian, making China one of the largest Christian nations in the world. These Christians could also be China's leaders, guiding the largest economy in the world.

What is happening in China is what happened to the Roman Empire nearly two millennia ago--a great power transforming itself. The results could be astonishing.

Veteran reporter David Aikman, former Beijing bureau chief for Time magazine, takes you inside this revolution to reveal some shocking facts. In Jesus in Beijing, you'll learn:

*Why China might be America's next ally against radical Islam
*Why the Chinese believe that Christianity is crucial to the rise of the West--and of China
*Why fierce anti-Christian persecution and covert government encouragement exist side by side in China
*Why Chinese Christians see themselves as allies of the United States--and of Israel
*How the Christian underground has spread--and won over key members of the Chinese Communist Party
*The impact of a Christianizing China on global Christendom at large

In Jesus in Beijing, David Aikman recounts the fascinating story of how Christianity began in China (even predating Francis Xavier and the Jesuits), and the bloody anti-Christian persecutions (especially under the Communists), the revival of an underground Christian movement led by brave men and women risking death, and the flowering of Christianity today--though still under persecution.

While China's Communist rulers hope to reap the social and economic benefits of Christianity without losing power, as David Aikman so provocatively points out, the Chinese dragon might just be tamed by the Christian Lamb. Few books change the way a reader views the world. Jesus in Beijing is one of those books.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product details

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc.; 1st edition (October 25, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0895261286
ISBN-13: 978-0895261281
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 59 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #997,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1577 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Ministry & Evangelism > Missions & Missionary Work
- #1583 in Books > History > World > Religious > Religion, Politics & State
- #1686 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Religious Studies > Church & State

Would you like to tell us about a lower price?
If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?

Be the first video

Your name here

Try the Kindle edition and experience these great reading features:

See Kindle Edition

Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars

Write a customer review

See all 59 customer reviews

Top customer reviews

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Geoff Puterbaugh

What a surprise!

January 19, 2012

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Even though I fancy myself a semi-alert follower of global news, this book took me completely by surprise. Here's the short version of the surprise: there may be as many as 100 million Christians in China. (Does that mean there are more Christians in China than in Europe??)

The long version of the surprise is WHY. And the answer comes from the Chinese intelligentsia, in the person of one "Dr. Wu" (not his real name).

"One of the things we were asked to look into was what accounted for the success, in fact the pre-eminence of the West all over the world. We studied everything we could from the historical, political, economic, and cultural perspective.

"At first, we thought it was because you had more powerful guns than we had. Then we thought it was because you had the best political system. Next we focused on your economic system.

"But in the past twenty years, we have realized that the heart of your culture is your religion: Christianity. That is why the West has been so powerful. The Christian foundation of social and cultural life was what made possible the emergence of capitalism and then the successful transition to democratic politics. We don't have any doubt about this."

So said Dr. Wu, in a statement which is beginning to be heard around the world. Chinese society has an aching gap where "Mao Thought" used to be. Nobody believes in Marxism, Leninism, or Maoism any more. Confucius is respected, but regarded as a bit behind the times, and unfamiliar with global competition. So what is going to fill that gap?

Well, there are 100 million Chinese Christians, and I don't think they spend much time listening to our village atheists.

This book was a complete surprise for me, a stunning surprise.

-----UPDATE-----

China is now the world's largest producer of Bibles: 100 million.

8 people found this helpful

Comment

Good information on the underground church

June 8, 2017

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Good information on the growth of the underground church in China. I was surprised to read how many government officials are members.

One person found this helpful

Comment

A customer

A good overview of Christianity in China

March 23, 2004

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

I read with interest the stories and information about Christian brothers and sisters in China. The body of Christ in China has been through, and continues to go through, much travail and persecution. Their faith, and the miracles and healings that occur, make the Chinese Church much like the first century Church under the Romans.
I have lived in China recently and fellowshiped at a Three Self Church in a large central China city. It was a church with a strong evangelical sense. Most worshippers carried their own Bibles, they prayed fervently, sang heartily, and took notes on the sermons. They welcomed foreigners.
Reports of other Three Self Churches in other places were variable, however. There is apparently quite a range of vitality among the Three Selfs, and so a broad characterization of them is not fitting.
Aikman's subtitle -- How Christianity is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power -- had led me to expect a much greater analysis of transformation and balance than actually occurs in the book. These topics are treated mostly in the last chapter.
Overall an enjoyable, and informative read.

16 people found this helpful

Comment

Catherine C. Wright

Fascinating history of the spread of Christianity in China. ...

September 10, 2014

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

Fascinating history of the spread of Christianity in China. Aikman has a unique perspective because of the many contacts he made during his years there working and traveling as a journalist. This is a must read for anyone who is interested in the truth (as opposed to the official Chinese government doctrine) of either subject - China or Christianity.

One person found this helpful

Comment

Lewis Codington

Aikman on China

September 13, 2007

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Mr. Aikman has presented an excellent picture of the development of Christianity in China, right up to the present. It is very well written, enjoyable to read, and very informative. Having traveled to China on numerous occasions in recent years, I have found that my experiences have been confirmed by what he writes. This book is the best I have come across if you are looking for a picture of the recent development and situation of the church in China.

9 people found this helpful

Comment

Grassroots Transformation

January 18, 2017

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

Good journalistic account of how faith is transforming a society from the grassroots. Excellent read.

Comment

December 26, 2017

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Very informative

Comment

detailed account of God at work in China

December 26, 2009

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

This book provides a detailed account of God at work in China. It is full of details-- facts, figures, places, events, people, and so forth. The reporter has clearly seen many things and interviewed many people.

It is exciting to see how God is at work in China, causing rapid growth of the Church in spite of persecution that at times and at certain places has been tragically severe. The Chinese Church not only envisions-- and is working toward- bringing all of China to faith in Jesus Christ, but is also working toward bringing the whole Muslim world to Christ. The Chinese believe they are better able to do this than the western Church, and that it is their turn to spread the Gospel, just as it has been the west's turn to do so for the last few centuries.

This book is a fascinating account of past history, present history being made, and a glimpse of the future Christian world. It is not only informative, but exciting and uplifting for a Christian to read this.

One person found this helpful

Comment

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Harvey Cox

33

Paperback
$17.99
Rodney Stark

14

Paperback
$15.52
Philip Jenkins

94

Paperback
$13.88
Justo L. Gonzalez

188

Paperback
$26.59
David A. Livermore

35

Paperback
$17.12
Li Ma

5

Paperback
$27.00

English United States

Conditions of Use
Privacy Notice
Interest-Based Ads
© 1996-2018, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates