Christian Social Activism and Rule of Law in Chinese Societies

Herausgeber: White, Chris; Yang, Fenggang

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Produktbeschreibung

The historical analysis, theological reflections, and sociological observations found in the chapters of Christian Social Activism and Rule of Law in Chinese Societies reveal the vibrant influence of Christian individuals and groups on social, political, and legal activism in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and diasporic communities.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Christianity in China
• Verlag: Lehigh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781611463255
• ISBN-10: 1611463254
• Artikelnr.: 67176280

Autorenporträt

Edited by Chris White and Fenggang Yang - Contributions by Yucheng Bai; Jeffrey Chiu; Calida Chu; George Dunn; Bob Fu; Kim Kuen Ip; Wai Luen Kwok; Tsz-him Lai; Yan Liu; Magdaléna Rychetská; Jenny McGill; Mark McLeister; Timotheus Mui; Shiho Murakami; Jona

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: A Historical Overview of Chinese Christian Activism:
Institutional Change toward Democracy
Fenggang Yang and Chris White
Section One: Republic of China on Taiwan
Introduction: Chinese Christian Activism in the Republic of China on Taiwan
Jonathan Seitz
Chapter Two: Taiwan Under Martial Law and Presbyterian Responses
Jonathan Seitz
Chapter Three: To Unite as One Body: The Presbyterians and Changing
Identities in Taiwan
Magdaléna Rychetská
Section Two: Hong Kong
Introduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Hong Kong
Fenggang Yang and Chris White
Chapter Four: Religious Discourse, Social Participation, and Identity
Construction of Hong Kong Protestant Christians from 1970 to 1997: An
Analysis of Three Oral Histories
Wai Luen Kwok
Chapter Five: Contesting for Religious Freedom in China: The Case of Hong
Kong Christian Social Activism from 2014 to 2018
Fuk-tsang Ying
Chapter Six: Identity Negotiation and Social Activism: Hong Kong Christians
during the Umbrella Movement
Jenny McGill, Kim Kuen Ip, Jeffrey Chiu, and Timotheus Mui
Chapter Seven: Hong Kong Theology as a Construction of Postcolonial
Theology
Tsz Him Lai
Chapter Eight: Social Media as a Tool of Social Activism: Public Theology
of the Umbrella City Cyberchurch
Calida Chu
Section Three: People's Republic of China
Introduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Mainland China
Fenggang Yang and Chris White
Chapter Nine: Facing Society from the Chinese Academy: Cultural Christians,
Sino-Christian Theology, and Academics as Activists
George Dunn and Xinzhang Zhang
Chapter Ten: Religious Policy on Foreign Christians in China: International
Christian Fellowships and the Regulations on Foreigners' Religious
Activities
Shiho Murakami
Chapter Eleven: Gospel-leafleting, Three-Self-Affiliated Congregations and
Rule of Law in the PRC
Mark McLeister
Chapter Twelve: One Foot above Liberalism: Wang Yi's Search for Civil
Society
Yucheng Bai
Chapter Thirteen: Christian Faith Confessions in the Chinese Jiating Church
Context: The Discourse of Sovereignty and the Political Order
Yan Liu
Section Four: Global China
Introduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Global China
Fenggang Yang and Chris White
Chapter Fourteen: Baorong Duoyuan: A Proposal for Religious Freedom in
China
Bob Fu
Chapter Fifteen: Migration, Conversion, and Transnational Activism in a
Vancouver Chinese Church
Joshua Tan
Chapter Sixteen: "One More Christian, One Fewer Activist" - Does
Christianity Squelch Activism? Hypotheses from Studying Former Tiananmen
Activists Who Converted to Protestant Christianity
Carsten Vala