Kathleen L. Lodwick | |
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| Born | February 7, 1944 |
| Died | July 7, 2022 (aged 78) Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Educator and historian of Christianity in China |
| Years active | 1960s-2012 |
| Known for | Creation of the China Missions Group (later the China Christianity Studies Group), which contributed to the establishment of China Christianity studies as its own academic discipline |
| Notable work | The Chinese Recorder Index (Rowman and Littlefield, 1986) |
Kathleen L. Lodwick (February 7, 1944 – July 7, 2022) was an American educator and historian of Christianity in China during the mid-twentieth to the early twenty-first centuries. According to historian Anthony E. Clark, Lodwick "was recognized as a front-runner in the field of China missionary research," following the publication of her book, The Chinese Recorder Index (Rowman and Littlefield, 1986). Clark explained that:[1]
"Indeed, this exhaustive endeavor is the only research guide to the mission periodicals the Chinese Recorder and Missionary Recorder, and the entries in the persons index include biographical information, denominational affiliation, spouse names, and the locations and dates of service in China. This monumental work remains among Lodwick’s most consulted and cited publications, but it is by no means her only work that researchers keep near their desks. Books such as Crusaders against Opium: Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874–1917 (Univ. Press of Kentucky, 1996) and The Widow’s Quest: The Byers Extraterritorial Case in Hainan, China, 1924–1925 (Lehigh Univ. Press, 2003) offer arguments that have had a substantial impact on how historians approach the topic of Westerners in China."