Responses to Skepticism About Christian Faith on the Chinese Web

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Brief Introduction of the Book

Called by some Chinese netters “a pioneer of Internet apologetics" and “a forerunner Christian netter", the author was one of the earliest Chinese Christian writers on the Chinese Internet who have been involved in debates and dialogs about the Christian faith since 1995. The author is still actively involved on the Chinese Internet and his Internet postings about Christian faith and Christian culture draw extensive attention and have significant influence among Chinese netters. This book is a collection of the earlier Internet writings of the author consisted of responses to skepticism and answers to questions about Christian faith. It covers a wide range of topics including science, reason, the Bible, Christian doctrines, theology, history and culture. It is a testimony of the history of the growth of Christian apologetics on the Chinese Internet and a result of the author’s dialogs with non-Christian netter friends and his retrospection of Christian faith. The book is suitable for Chinese intellectuals seeking the truth, “seekerswho desire to know more about Christian faith and Christians who share the burden of explaining Christian faith to non-Christian friends. A helpful evangelical tool for Christians and a perfect gift for your Chinese seeker friends.

About the Author

Jidian (net-name, Chinese PinYin for Gideon) is a Chinese scientist and technical manager working and living in the U.S. He is an active Christian writer on the Chinese Internet, He is from Chengdu city in Sichuan Province of China. He graduated from Fudan University with a BS degree in 1986. He came to the U. S. for graduate study in 1992 and became a Christian in the same year. In 1995 he graduated from the University of Alabama with an MS degree. He started writing on the Chinese Internet since 1995 and has been actively involved in interactive discussions about Christianity ever since. He has posted many writings on the Chinese Internet and published on Chinese magazines and newspapers. In 1998 he created the evangelical website Jidian’s Links (http://godoor.net/jidianlinks/). In 2006 he opened a cultural blog (http://blog.sina.com.cn/hobbit) with a few other Christian writer friends. Both the website and the blog have been well known and extensively visited by Chinese intellectual netters.

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