Resources from 2013
The Resource Library is where you will find the latest resources from across our publications.
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, October 11 Issue
Today we are starting a new feature, linking this blog with another of our publications, the ZGBriefs Newsletter. Every Friday, we will highlight articles from the ZGBriefs newsletter that we consider the "must read" articles of the week.
中国教会的出路 – 儿童 / 青少年信徒的牧养与关顾
A Generation Saved; A Future Found
当教会只关注成人事工，中国儿童及青少年群体的门徒培训就备受忽视。作者除指出教会所面对的挑战及不回应挑战的后果，更提出实际可行的对策。
October 10, 2013
Urge for Faith: Postmodern Beliefs among Urban Chinese (September 2013, ChinaSource Quarterly)
Historical events following Mao's death left an ideological vacuum in China. This has created a strong need for faith, even an urge, so as to avoid the risk of further social disruption and political instability. While postmodernism, with its relativity and lack of absolutes, is trying to fill this void, it also leaves people questioning and open to exploring faith.
How Many Catholics in China?
Last weekend I had the privilege of attending the 25th National Catholic China Conference at Loyola University in Chicago. The United States Catholic China Conference sponsored the conference and the theme was "The American Catholic Church and China in an Era of Globalization."
October 3, 2013
Confucius, the Bible, and Preaching (October 1, 2013, Chinese Church Voices)
This article is an interesting Christian response to Yu Dans popularization of Confucianism, arguing that what she preaches is really a watered down version of Confucianism watered down to make it more palatable. The author then wonders if the Church is in danger of doing the same thing watering down the Gospel in order to make it popular.
Confucius, the Bible, and Preaching
A Chinese Christian highlights the the popularity of Confucianism as a warning against the 'popularization' of the gospel.
Random Gleanings about Education in China
Last week I had the privilege of attending a consultation on education in China, co-hosted by ChinaSource. Below are some random gleanings from a day of note-taking:
On Being a Student in – or from – China
At the beginning of the new academic year, two news items related to education in China caught our attention, one negative, the other positive.
September 26, 2013
The Postmodern Generation and the Church in China (Fall Edition, ChinaSource Quarterly)
Thinking with Their Hearts: Postmodernism in ChinaAs Dr. Pan points out in this issue of ChinaSource Quarterly, "Disillusionment with faith, hope and love leads to confusion for this new generation of young people, but it also creates opportunity for spreading the gospel. Postmodern man fails in his search for life-stabilizing and soul-anchoring faith, as well as in his quest for goodness and for finding a future hope that modernity provided with modernism as the basis. Yet, man craves the satisfaction of these three crucial needs " The upside of postmodernism is that it leaves people asking the right questions. Online in blogs and weibo posts a new generation surveys China's social landscape with its food scandals, official corruption, unbridled consumerism and rampant abuse of women and children, and asks, "What's wrong with their hearts?"