From Gospel Posters to Public Theology
...must know why we should invest our limited resources in this seemingly intangible direction. And I must find an answer sufficient to convince him. Rev. Selles is an American missionary who served...
...must know why we should invest our limited resources in this seemingly intangible direction. And I must find an answer sufficient to convince him. Rev. Selles is an American missionary who served...
...American conservative evangelical influence. As China’s “Reform and Opening Up” coincided with the waning years of the Cold War, conservative evangelical missionaries and overseas Chinese Christian networks entered China with...
...World theology must move from a peripheral interest to a vital necessity. For centuries, “theology” was often synonymous with “Western theology.” European and North American frameworks—shaped by Enlightenment rationalism and...
...that English remains a major barrier. Language limits his ability to enter direct conversation with mainstream American society and presents new challenges for his art and public engagement. Yet what...
...provision and the presence of his providential care. At noon the following day, while returning from the cafeteria to my dormitory with my meal, I received a phone call just...
...the Boxer Rebellion, a large number of missionaries were able to return. They entered various parts of China carrying different national backgrounds, different cultures, different theological views, and different theological guidance....
...Among American citizens, confidence in the future is weakening. Among European businesses, confidence in China is strengthening. And, back in the US, perceptions of China are softening at the margins....
...research of Lingnan University—one of the many Christian colleges established by the American missionaries during the late Qing period. I believe through the product of such research, current readers can...
...my flight. I showed him my boarding pass for the Seattle flight the night before as proof that I had followed the rules. I also showed him my boarding pass...
...sojourners, three lives marked by the trials of the Chinese church, standing in the middle of an American airport. That man did not wait until he left prison to begin...
...Standing in front of me was a young Asian man scrolling on his phone. I glanced over and saw him using WeChat, the Chinese social media app. So I decided...
...theoretical frameworks, it becomes theology. Over the past six years, as a Christian scholar-practitioner under the religious authority of an American-Russian Orthodox Church in a suburban region of Greater Boston,...