Results for: Yang Fenggang
April 24, 2014
[…] economy but also its most numerous Christian nation. "By my calculations China is destined to become the largest Christian country in the world very soon," said Fenggang Yang, a professor of sociology at Purdue University and author of Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule. "It is going to be less than […]
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, May 1 Issue
[…] biggest Christian congregation, in a sign of Beijing's deep unease at the rapid spread of Christianity within its borders. In a recent interview with the paper, Fenggang Yang, a leading expert on religion in China, said the number of Chinese Protestants could swell to around 160 million by 2025 with the total number of […]
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, July 24 Issue
[…] said by phone. “They beat his head, and I’m worried about his eyesight.” The confrontation Monday morning showed local officials’ determination to remove the cross, said Yang Fenggang, a sociology professor and director of the Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University in Indiana. “This blood, injuries these won’t stop them.” China […]
ZGBriefs | April 16, 2015
[…] Weekly Number) Today, the world's seventh largest Christian population lives in China. By 2050 it could become the world's largest. This has been argued by sociologist Fenggang Yang of Purdue University. Beijing Christians Celebrate Qingming Festival (April 14, 2015, ChinaSource Blog) This year April 5 was an interesting day for Christians in China as […]
3 Questions: Carol Lee Hamrin
Regarding China’s National Security Commission
[…] hearts and minds of various China watchers and specialists. "3 Questions" will be published on an occasional basis. Watch for the next one—an interview with Dr. Fenggang Yang of the Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University. The formation of China’s National Security Commission (NSC) was first announced in November 2013 and the NSC […]
ZGBriefs | December 17, 2015
[…] Chinese in a better way. Articles for Researchers Presentation: The Definition of Religion for the Social Scientific Study of Religion in China and Beyond, by Dr. Fenggang Yang. (Perdue University) China, Egypt imprison record numbers of journalists (December 15, 2015, Committee to Protect Journalists) A quarter of those jailed globally are in China, the […]
Unanswered Questions
[…] asked in a Chinese context. The author believes that because the 2010 report is too official and attempts to use its data as a basis to deny Yang Fenggang’s statement that more than 80% of Chinese people have religious tendencies, the report has little practical significance other than reaffirming that the number of Christians in […]
ZGBriefs | June 8, 2017
[…] spending that the Pentagon estimated exceeded $180 billion. Religion Video: China's Great Awakening (May 24, 2017, Council on Foreign Relations) Elizabeth C. Economy, Ian Johnson, and Fenggang Yang, with Andrew J. Nathan moderating, discuss the current political climate in China, and the rise and role of religion in the country, as part of the 2017 […]
Lead Article
When the Pillar Moves: Transition and Providential Grace
[…] has used chaos and order in the great land of China over the last 100 years to bring about perhaps the greatest Christian revival in history. Fenggang Yang, author of Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule, commented that: “By my calculations, China is destined to become the largest Christian country in […]
Supporting Article
Dynamics of Mainland Chinese Ministry in North America
[…] for PRC Ministry,” China Horizon Publications, www.chinahorizon.org/Articles, last modified April 23, 2001. ^ This section has benefited greatly from conversations with and the writings of Dr. Fenggang Yang of Purdue University.” See “Chinese Christian Transnationalism: Diverse Networks of a Houston Church,” in Helen Rose Ebaugh and Janet S. Chafetz, eds. Religion Across Borders (Walnut […]