Talk:Chiang Min people

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OK, the page is about the speculative position taken by Torrence. Torrence did exist, his archives are available and documented see: [|Christianity in China: A Scholars's Guide to Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States, By Steven Agoratus, Archie R. Crouch, Arthur Emerson, Debra E. Soled, Contributor Archie R. Crouch, Published by M.E. Sharpe, 1989, ISBN 0873324196, 9780873324199, 709 pages].

He did publish the books and some Qiang became Christian, witnessed by the convert written tract in Torrence's archive. They were serious enogh to be reviewed by The Geographical Journal, (Vol. 91, No. 6 Jun., 1938, pp. 554-554).

British Israelitism and speculation about the ten lost tribes was still rife in the Thirties so Torrence would have however slightly been influenced by it and his books would certainly be aimed at a believing readership. See [|British Missionaries’ Approaches to Modern China, 1807-1966, A paper presented at “Missions, Modernisation, Colonisation and De-colonisation,” Seventh Special Session of the 19th International Congress of Historical Sciences, Oslo University, 6-13 August 2000, Wong Man Kong, History Department, Hong Kong Baptist University] P32

His son Thomas Torrance and Grandson Iain Torrance were both Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

I suggest that we split this article in two:
 * A biography of Torrance with reference to his work among the Qiang
 * A note on the Qiang page about Torrance's ethnographic and mission work among them

Cosnahang (talk) 20:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)