"Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family" with Jennifer Lin

Published: April 11, 2017, 2:30 a.m.

b"Veteran journalist Jennifer Lin takes readers from remote nineteenth-century mission outposts to Philadelphia and to the thriving house churches and cathedrals of today's China. The Lin family\\u2014and the book's central figure, the Reverend Lin Pu-chi\\u2014offer witness to China's tumultuous past, up to and beyond the betrayals and madness of the Cultural Revolution, when the family's resolute faith led to years of suffering. Forgiveness and redemption bring the story full circle. With its sweep of history and the intimacy of long-hidden family stories, Shanghai Faithful offers a fresh look at Christianity in China\\u2014past, present, and future."