Kathleen L. Lodwick Explained
Kathleen L. Lodwick (born 1944, died 2022) was an American educator and historian of missions to China.
Biography
Lodwick holds a Ph.D. in Chinese history from the University of Arizona and is a professor of history at Pennsylvania State University at the Lehigh Valley Campus of Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College, teaching courses on traditional, modern, and twentieth-century China.[1] Her grandfather, Edward Stephen Worthington, was a direct descendant of Kentucky frontiersman Edward Worthington.[2]
Lodwick has written or contributed to more than a dozen books and articles on Chinese history, especially the history of missionaries in China. Her research has included a history of the Nanjing Theological Seminary under a grant from the Foundation for Theological Education.[3] She published a two-volume index to the Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal 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
Notes and References
- Book: Uhalley. Stephen. Xiaoxin Wu. China and Christianity: Burdened Past, Hopeful Future. Armonk, NY. M.E. Sharpe. 2001. 475. 0-7656-0661-5.
- Book: Lodwick, Kathleen L. . Crusaders Against Opium: Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874-1917. Lexington. University Press of Kentucky. 1996. v.
- Web site: Imprints and Series: Kathleen L. Lodwick, Imprint Editor . EastBridge Imprints . EastBridgeBooks.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20070209102804/http://www.eastbridgebooks.org:80/imprints.html . 9 February 2007 .
