Shantung Compound – Digital

We are delighted to present this Trinity Forum Reading, featuring selections from Langdon Gilkey’s Shantung Compound with an introduction by Os Guiness.

Drawn from Langdon Gilkey’s memoir, these excerpts recount his experience as a young American theologian in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, where he came to see the hard truths of human nature, the fragility of social order, and the essential role of leadership and faith. Amid scarcity and fear, Shantung Compound offers a profound meditation on moral responsibility, communal life, and the enduring need for grace in times of crisis.