Adeney, Ruth W.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
David H. Adeney Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 393
Brief Description
Adeney’s correspondence, writings (articles, books), lecture and presentation manuscripts, subject files (especially files on various China-related topics) he compiled from many sources, notebooks and loose notes, a photo album, photographs and slides, and two oral history interviews. Together these span his career as a missionary in China and Southeast Asia, staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the United States, leader with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students,...
Dates:
Created: 1911-1994
Ruth W. Adeney Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 394
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ruth Winifred Temple Adeney (1912-1911) in which she describes her youth; spiritual growth; education at Northwestern Schools; call to missionary work with China Inland Mission; her missionary experience; her husband, David Adeney; her work with with China Inland Mission in rural areas of Henan Province (1934-1941); and her husband's work with university students in Nanking (1946-1948) and Shanghai (1949- 1950). Other topics discussed include the impact of war...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- China -- Church history -- 20th century. 1
- China -- History -- 1949- 1
- China -- History -- 1976-2002. 1
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 1
- China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989. 1
- China -- Politics and government. 1
- China -- Religion. 1
- Chinese diaspora. 1
- Chinese students. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Church and social problems -- China. 1
- Church and state -- China. 1
- Church work with foreign students. 1
- Church work with refugees -- China. 1
- Church work with students -- China. 1
- Church work with students -- Hong Kong (China) 1
- Church work with students -- Japan. 1
- Church work with students -- Malaysia. 1
- Church work with students -- Philippines. 1
- Church work with students -- Vietnam. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- College students -- Religious life. 1
- College students in missionary work. 1
- Communism -- China. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Discipling (Christianity) 1
- Evangelicalism -- Great Britain. 1
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
- Evangelistic work -- England. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Study and teaching. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- House churches -- China. 1
- Independent churches -- China. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 1
- Journalism, Religious. 1
- Medical care -- China. 1
- Missionaries -- Training of. 1
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 1
- Missionaries -- Great Britain. 1
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 1
- Missionaries' spouses. 1
- Missions -- Romania. 1
- Missions -- Singapore. 1
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 1
- Missions, Medical -- China. 1
- Part-time missionaries. 1
- Prayer. 1
- Refugees -- China. 1
- Rural churches -- China. 1
- Sunday schools -- China. 1
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- China. 1
- Three-self movement. 1
- Women -- Religious life. 1
- Women missionaries. 1 ∧ less
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