Boxers And Saints Book Summary

“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.” ― Garrison Keillor. America is a country filled with different religions and people from different part of the world come with new religions and bring it together here. But some countries in the world need religion, they need a change in their culture and people who are dedicated in their religions are willing to put their time and effort to spread the words of their religion. China, as a country with barely no religion, was a big target for Christians to spread the words of God. In the book Boxers and Saints, father Bey was one of the missionaries who was tired about the corruption of the churches in Europe and decided to use his time and passion to spread the words of Christianity in China. …show more content…
We need to prep the ground, protect the seed, water it everyday in order to receive the best result. Chinese people back in the day had no idea about what Christianity was, and some of them were really stubborn and believed that anything from outside of the country is bad and evil.
First expression is really important, and the first time Father Bey appears in the book Boxer is when he led a group of people who like to bully others, and he broke the Tu Di Gong statue in front of the villagers. From the villagers’ perspective, Father Bey immediately becomes the bad guy and foreign devil for what he’s done. The first approach builds up a hattress among the villagers and therefore it is almost impossible for the villagers to accept Christianity. Father Bey failed as a missionary towards the villagers and this builds up Bao’s hattress against the Christianity and foreign