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	Cressy was born in Lacon, IL on June 15, [[1883]]. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in [[1907]], and Rochester Theological Seminary in [[1910]]. That same year he traveled to Hànyáng [[漢陽]] to work as a missionary under the auspices of the American Board of Foreign Missions. He worked with the Central China Famine Relief Committee in [[1912]] to solicit direct support for the needy, and from [[1916]] lived in Hángzhōu [[杭州]], where he was principal of Wayland Academy. In [[1925]] he was the executive secretary of the Council of Christian Colleges in China, and associate general secretary of the National Christian Council of China. He married Margaret Millie in [[1927]], and ultimately left China in [[1946]]. He later taught at the Kennedy School of Missions at Hartford, and was director of the Urban Church Research Center for Asia in Claremont, CA in the 1960s. He passed away in 1979.		Cressy was born in Lacon, IL on June 15, [[1883]]. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in [[1907]], and Rochester Theological Seminary in [[1910]]. That same year he traveled to Hànyáng [[漢陽]] to work as a missionary under the auspices of the American Board of Foreign Missions. He worked with the Central China Famine Relief Committee in [[1912]] to solicit direct support for the needy, and from [[1916]] lived in Hángzhōu [[杭州]], where he was principal of Wayland Academy. In [[1925]] he was the executive secretary of the Council of Christian Colleges in China, and associate general secretary of the National Christian Council of China. He married Margaret Millie in [[1927]], and ultimately left China in [[1946]]. He later taught at the Kennedy School of Missions at Hartford, and was director of the Urban Church Research Center for Asia in Claremont, CA in the 1960s. He passed away in 1979.

-	Cressy authored several books, including China Marches Toward the Cross ([[1938]]), Daughters of Changing Japan (1955) and Understanding China (1957).	+	Cressy authored several books, including ''China Marches Toward the Cross'' ([[1938]]), ''Daughters of Changing Japan'' (1955) and ''Understanding China'' (1957).

-	In the early [[1930s]] Cressy was the lead researcher in a team sponsored by the Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry that gathered data on Chinese religious institutions in Wǔchāng, Hànkǒu, and Hángzhōu. Some of their data was based on official figures, but much of it was gathered by Chinese researchers who visited the temples and monasteries. The data collected was the basis of the chapter "A Study in Indigenous Religions", published in Volume V, Part Two of the Supplementary Series to the LFMI Fact-Finder's Reports. Manuscript versions of the data are currently held in the Missionary Research Library collection at Burke Library, part of the Columbia University Libraries in New York City.	+	In the early [[1930s]] Cressy was the lead researcher in a team sponsored by the Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry that gathered data on Chinese religious institutions in Wǔchāng [[武昌]], Hànkǒu [[漢口]], and Hángzhōu. Some of their data was based on official figures, but much of it was gathered by Chinese researchers who visited the temples and monasteries. The data collected was the basis of the chapter "A Study in Indigenous Religions", published in Volume V, Part Two of the Supplementary Series to the LFMI Fact-Finder's Reports. Manuscript versions of the data are currently held in the Missionary Research Library collection at Burke Library, part of the Columbia University Libraries in New York City.

	== Important Works ==		== Important Works ==

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-	== Earl Herbert Cressy ~~葛德基~~ (1883 - 1979) ==	+	'''Earl Herbert Cressy''' (葛德基 [[1883]] - 1979) was a Baptist missionary who helped author several studies of Chinese religion for the Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry of the early [[1930s]].

-	~~Cressy was a Baptist missionary who helped author several studies of Chinese religion for the Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry of the early [[1930s]].~~	+	== Biography ==
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-	~~'''~~Biography~~'''~~	+

	Cressy was born in Lacon, IL on June 15, [[1883]]. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in [[1907]], and Rochester Theological Seminary in [[1910]]. That same year he traveled to Hànyáng [[漢陽]] to work as a missionary under the auspices of the American Board of Foreign Missions. He worked with the Central China Famine Relief Committee in [[1912]] to solicit direct support for the needy, and from [[1916]] lived in Hángzhōu [[杭州]], where he was principal of Wayland Academy. In [[1925]] he was the executive secretary of the Council of Christian Colleges in China, and associate general secretary of the National Christian Council of China. He married Margaret Millie in [[1927]], and ultimately left China in [[1946]]. He later taught at the Kennedy School of Missions at Hartford, and was director of the Urban Church Research Center for Asia in Claremont, CA in the 1960s. He passed away in 1979.		Cressy was born in Lacon, IL on June 15, [[1883]]. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in [[1907]], and Rochester Theological Seminary in [[1910]]. That same year he traveled to Hànyáng [[漢陽]] to work as a missionary under the auspices of the American Board of Foreign Missions. He worked with the Central China Famine Relief Committee in [[1912]] to solicit direct support for the needy, and from [[1916]] lived in Hángzhōu [[杭州]], where he was principal of Wayland Academy. In [[1925]] he was the executive secretary of the Council of Christian Colleges in China, and associate general secretary of the National Christian Council of China. He married Margaret Millie in [[1927]], and ultimately left China in [[1946]]. He later taught at the Kennedy School of Missions at Hartford, and was director of the Urban Church Research Center for Asia in Claremont, CA in the 1960s. He passed away in 1979.
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	In the early [[1930s]] Cressy was the lead researcher in a team sponsored by the Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry that gathered data on Chinese religious institutions in Wǔchāng, Hànkǒu, and Hángzhōu. Some of their data was based on official figures, but much of it was gathered by Chinese researchers who visited the temples and monasteries. The data collected was the basis of the chapter "A Study in Indigenous Religions", published in Volume V, Part Two of the Supplementary Series to the LFMI Fact-Finder's Reports. Manuscript versions of the data are currently held in the Missionary Research Library collection at Burke Library, part of the Columbia University Libraries in New York City.		In the early [[1930s]] Cressy was the lead researcher in a team sponsored by the Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry that gathered data on Chinese religious institutions in Wǔchāng, Hànkǒu, and Hángzhōu. Some of their data was based on official figures, but much of it was gathered by Chinese researchers who visited the temples and monasteries. The data collected was the basis of the chapter "A Study in Indigenous Religions", published in Volume V, Part Two of the Supplementary Series to the LFMI Fact-Finder's Reports. Manuscript versions of the data are currently held in the Missionary Research Library collection at Burke Library, part of the Columbia University Libraries in New York City.

-	~~----~~	+	== Important Works ==
-	~~'''~~Important Works~~'''~~	+

	* ''Study of Indigenous Religions of China as a Background to Christian Missions'', 193?		* ''Study of Indigenous Religions of China as a Background to Christian Missions'', 193?
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	* ''Understanding China'', 1957		* ''Understanding China'', 1957

-	~~----~~	+	== References ==
-	~~'''~~References~~'''~~	+

	* "A Study in Indigenous Religions" in Orville A. Petty, ed., ''Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry Fact-Finders' Reports: China; Volume V, Supplementary Series, Part Two'' (New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1933): 655-716		* "A Study in Indigenous Religions" in Orville A. Petty, ed., ''Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry Fact-Finders' Reports: China; Volume V, Supplementary Series, Part Two'' (New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1933): 655-716

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	* ''Study of Religious Institutions in Hangchow'', 1931?		* ''Study of Religious Institutions in Hangchow'', 1931?
	* ''Understanding China'', 1957		* ''Understanding China'', 1957
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		+	'''References'''
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		+	* "A Study in Indigenous Religions" in Orville A. Petty, ed., ''Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry Fact-Finders' Reports: China; Volume V, Supplementary Series, Part Two'' (New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1933): 655-716
		+	* "Recent Developments in the Religions of China", ''Journal of Bible and Religion'', Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr., 1947): 75-80

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	Cressy authored several books, including China Marches Toward the Cross ([[1938]]), Daughters of Changing Japan (1955) and Understanding China (1957).		Cressy authored several books, including China Marches Toward the Cross ([[1938]]), Daughters of Changing Japan (1955) and Understanding China (1957).

-	In the early [[1930s]] Cressy was the lead researcher in a team sponsored by the Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry that gathered data on Chinese religious institutions in Wǔchāng, Hànkǒu, and Hángzhōu. Some of their data was based on official figures, but much of it was gathered by Chinese researchers who visited the temples and monasteries. The data collected was ~~never published~~, ~~though outline material was included~~ in the ~~publications that resulted from~~ the LFMI. Manuscript versions of the data are currently held in the Missionary Research Library collection at Burke Library, part of the Columbia University Libraries in New York City.	+	In the early [[1930s]] Cressy was the lead researcher in a team sponsored by the Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry that gathered data on Chinese religious institutions in Wǔchāng, Hànkǒu, and Hángzhōu. Some of their data was based on official figures, but much of it was gathered by Chinese researchers who visited the temples and monasteries. The data collected was the basis of the chapter "A Study in Indigenous Religions", published in Volume V, Part Two of the Supplementary Series to the LFMI Fact-Finder's Reports. Manuscript versions of the data are currently held in the Missionary Research Library collection at Burke Library, part of the Columbia University Libraries in New York City.

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== Earl Herbert Cressy 葛德基 (1883 - 1979) ==

Cressy was a Baptist missionary who helped author several studies of Chinese religion for the Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry of the early [[1930s]].

'''Biography'''

Cressy was born in Lacon, IL on June 15, [[1883]]. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in [[1907]], and Rochester Theological Seminary in [[1910]]. That same year he traveled to Hànyáng [[漢陽]] to work as a missionary under the auspices of the American Board of Foreign Missions. He worked with the Central China Famine Relief Committee in [[1912]] to solicit direct support for the needy, and from [[1916]] lived in Hángzhōu [[杭州]], where he was principal of Wayland Academy. In [[1925]] he was the executive secretary of the Council of Christian Colleges in China, and associate general secretary of the National Christian Council of China. He married Margaret Millie in [[1927]], and ultimately left China in [[1946]]. He later taught at the Kennedy School of Missions at Hartford, and was director of the Urban Church Research Center for Asia in Claremont, CA in the 1960s. He passed away in 1979.

Cressy authored several books, including China Marches Toward the Cross ([[1938]]), Daughters of Changing Japan (1955) and Understanding China (1957).

In the early [[1930s]] Cressy was the lead researcher in a team sponsored by the Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry that gathered data on Chinese religious institutions in Wǔchāng, Hànkǒu, and Hángzhōu. Some of their data was based on official figures, but much of it was gathered by Chinese researchers who visited the temples and monasteries. The data collected was never published, though outline material was included in the publications that resulted from the LFMI. Manuscript versions of the data are currently held in the Missionary Research Library collection at Burke Library, part of the Columbia University Libraries in New York City.

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'''Important Works'''

* ''Study of Indigenous Religions of China as a Background to Christian Missions'', 193?
* ''Religion in Hangchow'', 193?
* ''Study of Religious Institutions in Hangchow'', 1931?
* ''Understanding China'', 1957

[[Category:Biography]]