Writings
Latourette was the author of over 80 books on Christianity, Oriental history and customs, and theological subjects. He also wrote and spoke out about issues of his time, as for example, when he warned his fellow Americans in 1943 about the unwanted consequences of revenge after Japan should eventually lose the war they started with the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
The single work for which Latourette is most remembered is the two-volume History of Christianity. In addition, he wrote extensively on China.
Latourette's papers are archived in the Divinity Library Special Collections of the Yale University Library.
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