ABSTRACT
Christianity is one of the fastest growing religions in China. Despite its long history in China and its significant indigenization or intertwinement with Chinese society and culture, Christianity continues to generate suspicion among political elites and intense debates among broader communities within China.
This unique book applies socio-cultural methods in the study of contemporary Christianity. Through a wide range of empirical analyses of the complex and highly diverse experience of Christianity in contemporary China, it examines the fraught processes by which various forms and practices of Christianity interact with the Chinese social, political and cultural spheres. Contributions by top scholars in the field are structured in the following sections: Enchantment, Nation and History, Civil Society, and Negotiating Boundaries.
This book offers a major contribution to the field and provides a timely, wide-ranging assessment of Christianity in Contemporary China.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|27 pages
Enchantment
chapter 2|11 pages
From ‘Christianity in China' to ‘Chinese Christianity'
part II|78 pages
Nation and history
chapter 5|13 pages
Trying to make sense of history
part III|83 pages
Civil society
chapter 9|15 pages
The emergence of Christian subcultures in China
chapter 11|14 pages
Christian ethics and business life
chapter 12|21 pages
Saints, secrets, and salvation
part IV|57 pages
Negotiating boundaries