Ecclesial Diversity in Chinese Christianity

This volume explores Chinese Christianityor Chinese Christianitiesin a variety of forms and expressions, including those from outside the geopolitical boundaries of mainland China. Advancing a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Chinese churches, the essays collected here engage many historical, sociological, cultural, and theological contingencies. The collection includes historical discussions of the early-20th-century encounters of Protestant and Catholic missionaries in China and the rise of Christianity among Malaysian Chinese and British Chinese communities. Essays examine the thinking of K. H. Ting (or Ding Guangxun), often remembered for his leadership in the Three-Self Patriotic Movement in the 1980s90s, by revisiting his earlier theology and approach to the Bible in the 1930s50s. These retrospectives give way to contemporary explorations into how Chinese churches negotiate their urban identities amidst the complexities of globalization in Chengdu and Shanghai, as well as in Vancouver, Canada. Taken as a whole, this collection offers close examinations into various aspects of Chinese Christianity's complex picture, helping readers to recognize the many shades and colors of the global Chinese Church.

Advances a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the Chinese Church Examines Chinese Christianity from historical, sociological, cultural, and theological perspectives Explores how Chinese churches negotiate their urban identities amidst the complexities of globalization

Autorentext
Alexander Chow is Senior Lecturer in Theology and World Christianity in the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, UK, and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of World Christianity.

Easten Law is Assistant Director for Academic Programs at Overseas Ministries Study Center (OMSC) at Princeton Theological Seminary, USA.

Klappentext

This volume explores Chinese Christianityr Chinese Christianitiesn a variety of forms and expressions, including those from outside the geopolitical boundaries of mainland China. Advancing a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Chinese churches, the essays collected here engage many historical, sociological, cultural, and theological contingencies. The collection includes historical discussions of the early-20th-century encounters of Protestant and Catholic missionaries in China and the rise of Christianity among Malaysian Chinese and British Chinese communities. Essays examine the thinking of K. H. Ting (or Ding Guangxun), often remembered for his leadership in the Three-Self Patriotic Movement in the 1980ss, by revisiting his earlier theology and approach to the Bible in the 1930ss. These retrospectives give way to contemporary explorations into how Chinese churches negotiate their urban identities amidst the complexities of globalization in Chengdu and Shanghai, as well as in Vancouver, Canada. Taken as a whole, this collection offers close examinations into various aspects of Chinese Christianity complex picture, helping readers to recognize the many shades and colors of the global Chinese Church.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction: Ecclesial Diversity and Theology in Chinese Christianity.- Chapter 2: Christian Missions' Encounter with High Chinese Culture 1900-1914.- Chapter 3: Catholic Apologetic Mission in Pre-Vatican II China: A Study of Two Chinese Catholic Texts.- Chapter 4: Diasporic Chinese (Huaqiao ) or Multicultural Malaysian? The Challenges of being Chinese and Christian in Malaysia Today.- Chapter 5: British Immigration Policies and British Chinese Christianity.- Chapter 6: The Politics of Jesus' Love: K. H. Ting, Contextual Interpretation of the Gospels and Images of Jesus in Modern China.- Chapter 7: The Politics of Space: Affect, Church Membership, and Ecclesial Identity in Contemporary Chinese Reformed Churches.- Chapter 8: Isolation and Outreach: Christian Churches in Shanghai, and Beyond.- Chapter 9: Fraught Chineseness: Chinese Christians in The Vancouver Sun.- Chapter 10: Afterword: Christianity inChina: Pathways, Problems and Prospects.