@article{2015christian author = {}, title = {Christian Literature in Manchu}, journal = {Central Asiatic Journal}, volume = {58}, number = {1-2}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The crucial question of this article, namely whether the Manchu mission from the eighteenth century onwards required texts prepared in Manchu at all, has been raised frequently, with most authors adopting a negative answer. There may well be a justification for such a negative interpretation, but what can be said with certainty is that there was always a certain demand for Christian texts, be it for use at court, be it in order to reach out to the many banner families who still cultivated the language as part of their cultural tradition. These Christian texts in Manchu are therefore the topic of this contribution.}, url = {https://doi.org/10.13173/centasiaj.58.1-2.0197} doi = {10.13173/centasiaj.58.1-2.0197} }