Kathleen L. Lodwick (born 1944, died 2022) was an American educator and historian of missions to China.

Biography

Lodwick holds a

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Chinese history The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), during the reign of king Wu Ding. Ancient historical texts such as the ''Book of Documents'' (early chapter ...

from the

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and is a

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Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvan ...

at the Lehigh Valley Campus of Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College, teaching courses on traditional, modern, and twentieth-century

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Her grandfather, Edward Stephen Worthington, was a direct descendant of Kentucky frontiersman

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. Lodwick has written or contributed to more than a dozen books and articles on

, especially the history of

missionaries in China Christianity in China has been present since at least the 3rd century, and it has gained a significant amount of influence during the last 200 years. While Christianity may have existed in China before the 3rd century, evidence of its existe ...

. Her research has included a history of the

Nanjing Theological Seminary The Nanjing Union Theological Seminary () is the flagship theological seminary of Protestant Christianity in China today. It is managed by the China Christian Council. Prior to the founding of the People's Republic of China, the institution had ...

under a grant from the

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. She published a two-volume index to the

Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal ''Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal'' was published in one or another form in Shanghai from 1867 to 1941, after which it was closed by Japanese authorities. The ''Journal'' was the leading outlet for the English language missionary community ...

in 1986.

Bibliography

*''Quien es quien: A Who's Who of Spanish-heritage librarians in the United States'' (1976) - co-written with Arnulfo D. Trejo *''The Chinese Recorder Index: A Guide to Christian Missions in Asia, 1867-1941'' (1986) *''Educating the Women of Hainan: The Career of Margaret Moninger in China, 1915-1942'' (1995) *''Crusaders Against Opium: Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874-1917'' (1996) *''The Widow's Quest: The Byers Extraterritorial Case in Hainan, China, 1924-1925'' (2003) *''The Missionary Kaleidoscope: Portraits of Six China Missionaries'' (2005) - co-written with W.K. Cheng

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lodwick, Kathleen L. Living people 21st-century American historians American biographers University of Arizona alumni Pennsylvania State University faculty Writers from Pennsylvania American women historians 21st-century American women writers American women biographers 1944 births