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Who Is Doing Public Theology in China?
A Book Review
[…] of the vast majority of Chinese Christians to still focus on personal piety and on an explicitly disengaged relationship with the sociopolitical context” (p. 9). As the book shows, the social positions of these select doers of Chinese public theology have changed dramatically. In the 1950s, a group of Chinese intellectuals within the Three-Self […]
The Chinese Exodus
Migration, Urbanism and Alienation in Contemporary China
This book offers a sociological analysis as well as a theological discussion of China’s internal migration since the marketization reform in 1978. It documents the social and political processes that encompass the experiences of internal migrants from the countryside to the city during China’s integration into the global economy. Informed by sociology analysis and […]
The Tricolor Religious Market and the Growth of Christianity
The Great Awakening in China (3)
[…] several projects to document these different segments of the growing Christian population in China. How is it possible to have such religious revivals under Communist repression? My book Religion in China offers a sociological explanation. Without getting into academic jargon, I would simply say that we may compare religion to a market. There are […]
Supporting Article
Deploying Appropriate Technology
[…] piano and organ music and other features that will help churches train their choirs and assist in worship. Already, from Xinjiang to Fujian, various titles of Christian books have been published and circulated through desktop publishing and replication. Church leaders in China are using appropriate technology in ministry. But a fast moving economy, with […]
Lead Article
Chinese Christianity
Turning the Nation Around
[…] that I met over dinner, told how her search for Christianity took a Roman direction. The Catholic cathedral was the only Christian church in the Shanghai phone book where someone answered the phone in a way friendly to enquirers, and where there were unrestricted classes for faith seekers. American Protestants, in fact, might reflect […]
Lead Article
The City and the Church
Towards an Urban Theology in China
[…] has an eschatological nature. In this sense, I think that urban sociology can be called an eschatological phenomenology. Ellul claims that there is a reason why the book of Revelation uses Babylon, a city—not a kingdom—to symbolize all human rebellion. The word “city” manifests the conglomeration of human activities. Dallas Willard also points out […]
Editorials
Let’s Be Honest about Denominationalism in China
[…] of Chinese political culture. Theological positions can be weaponized to divide the church. True humility before God and fellow believers is needed to avoid these dangers. Two book reviews provide both Chinese and Western perspectives on Surviving the State, Remaking the Church: A Sociological Portrait of Christians in Mainland China. Jun Wang’s review focuses […]
I Was All Prepared to Share—Or So I Thought!
[…] the eleven SES in four color categories. The four colors represent the social-emotional signals. Of the four major color categories, those who are in the red and blue sections are not quite ready to listen and share while people in the green or yellow states are more receptive. If we consider this four-color traffic […]
The Changing Religious Landscape in Modernizing China
The Great Awakening in China (1)
[…] evening prayers in front of a statue or picture of Mao. There were songs and dances dedicated to Mao. Mao’s sayings were collected in the “Little Red Book.” Everyone had a copy of the “Little Red Book,” memorized Mao’s sayings, and quoted them on almost all occasions. At school, each class would begin with […]
Supporting Article
Challenges Facing China’s Church Leaders Today
[…] have road infrastructure and electricity. ^ Taken from my travels and interviews with various government officials and church leaders in China. Of good reading is Jasper Becker’s book, The Chinese, Free Press, 2000, which takes a sociological/economic approach to society. ^ In some of the poorest areas, government officials would often boast that 80 […]