1926 Denominations of all Missionaries in Sichuan
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Title
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1926 Denominations of all Missionaries in Sichuan
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Identifier
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DS_0003
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Description
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Pie and bar charts based on the 1926 WCMAB list, comparing the percentage of cohort versus non-cohort West China missionary societies.
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Commentary
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These pie and bar charts are based on the list of 607 missionaries in Sichuan compiled by the West China Missions Advisory Board (WCMAB) in 1926 (see the “Is Part Of” dataset record).
This pair of charts show two different visualizations of the same data table representing the percentage of missionaries each society had in Sichuan, arranged to show those within versus those beyond the cohort.
Reading the bar chart from the left, the first four societies compose the cohort (UCC/CMM, American Methodist, American Baptist and YM/WCA), while the latter four (starting with CIM) are beyond the cohort. Those mission societies within the cohort are all North American, while the non-cohort societies are dominated by the British Anglicans, British Friends and the predominantly British CIM.
The pie chart helps us to graphically envision the comparison of these cohort/non-cohort proportions, with the cohort taking up almost 2/3 of the pie. The UCC/CMM dominates the cohort numbers while the CMM does so for the smaller non-cohort portion.
Besides nationality, differences in denomination entail theological and strategic differences in approaches to mission work that also set these two groups apart. These qualitative variables are too complex to discuss here.
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Creator
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Cory Willmott
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Date Created
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2024
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Provenance
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Original scholarship by Cory Willmott.
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2024-11-06
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Contributor
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Cory Willmott
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Type
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Dataset
The West China Missions Advisory Board’s Directory 1926, According to Missions