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This dissertation demonstrates that Robert Morrison's mission strategy aided Protestant Christianity in establishing a foothold on Chinese soil and advanced previous mission work by the Nestorians and Catholics; it also responds to the need for an academic analysis of his missio…

At the turn of the sixteenth century, the city of Malacca was a vibrant trade hub. Its position between the Indian Ocean to the west and China and the Moluccas (the Spice Islands) to the east resulted in a great gathering of international merchants eager to do business with one …