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The Straight-Line Fallacy
[…] was in the 1980s when China’s reform and opening policy began to take shape. Western narratives about the church in China tend to take a similar straight-line approach. They anticipate a linear relationship between certain types of China involvement and corresponding outcomes affecting the church. In this sense our narratives are as much about […]
Policy, Implementation, and Shifting Official Perceptions of the Church in China
[…] not changed since it was spelled out in Document number 19 in 1982. Commonly referred to as the “three designates” formula, this policy restricts religious activities to approved locations, requires that they be conducted by approved clergy and limits their scope to the geographic sphere in which a given member of the clergy is […]
The Urban Paradox: Together, Alone
[…] face with the human reality underlying the most massive migration in the history of the world. On a Saturday morning on the edge of town where another new suburb is taking shape, bleary eyed peasants peeked out from their tarpaulin-covered home under a railway bridge. Across the street cars maneuvered into the parking lot […]
Editorials
Chinas Youth in Perspective
<p>Editor's Note: This editorial originally appeared in "China's Youth" (<em>ChinaSource</em>, 2010 Summer).</p>
Some Additions to the Summer Bookshelf
[…] of societies and organizations dominated by Christian culture. As China began to be integrated into the modern world system, globally generalized concepts such as religion were being applied, challenged, and modified in the Chinese context, where there was an incommensurability between taxonomies associated with Christianity and the reality constructed through traditional Chinese religious and […]
ChinaSource Perspective
More Blessed to Receive
[…] they received much more than they contributed. As one long-time China worker put it, “They may have left China, but China has not left them.” They gained new friendships. They left with cherished memories and with new perspectives on themselves and what it means to be a follower of Christ in a land not […]
Partnering with Churches in China
Toward a New Paradigm
[…] to develop a vision for longer-term work in the area. Given their geographical and cultural proximity they have the potential to ultimately engage at a deeper level. How do you approach partnership between individual churches inside and outside China? We welcome your thoughts in this ongoing conversation. Image credit: Church in Guangzhou by llee_wu via Flickr.
A Chinese Christian Observes Ramadan
[…] like a unique winter, summer, spring, and fall. Those days made people see the depths of winter and discover the abundance of spring; they allowed all to appreciate the summer heat but also to set foot in the autumn harvest. Those thirty days were a particularly emotional journey for me…. During the thirty days, […]
China in Africa: Clues to the Future of “Belt and Road?”
[…] the host nation is in dealing with Chinese companies. Local companies in some sectors will need to significantly increase their productivity if they are going to compete with new Chinese entrants to the market. In addition to the need to strengthen the role of African managers, the Chinese-African economic partnership faces three particular “pain points,” […]
Are China’s Churches Too Much Alike?
[…] There is a universal explanation of society.” Within the resulting “closed internal church ecosystem” the church lacks the means of self-renewal. Pastor Wang’s analysis could obviously be applied to churches outside China as well. Yet the situation in China appears particularly acute, perhaps due to the impact of rapid urbanization on the church’s development. […]