Conversion to Christianity

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* {{cite journal|title=Chinese Conversion to Evangelical Christianity: The Importance of Social and Cultural Contexts|date=20 January 2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|last1=Yang|first1=Fenggang|journal=Sociology of Religion|volume=59|issue=3 |pages=237–257 |jstor=3711910 |doi=10.2307/3711910}}
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