Brandner, Tobias2019-09-252019-09-252017-07-2720110009-4668http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/166216The essay discusses difficult issues in the intercultural encounters of the early missionaries, particularly a) between missionaries and their home committees and b) among missionaries of different agencies in the mission field. The paper explores how the missionary becomes something “in-between,” not fully belonging to either side, neither fully retaining the home perspective nor fully becoming indigenous. The essay develops this thesis by introducing issues of interculturality in the early ministry of the Basel Mission among the Hakka people in Hong Kong and eastern Guangdong Province, with a focus on the short but significant ministry of Theodor Hamberg (1819–1854) who, with Rudolf Lechler, is regarded as the first Basel missionary to China.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderHamberg, Theodor, 1819-1854Basel MissionMissions -- Hong KongMissions -- ChinaMissions -- Social aspectsEast and WestHakka (Chinese people)Religious ethicsIntercultural and contextual theologiesMissiologyAsian theologiesArticle