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Educational Inequality and the Making of a New Urban Underclass
[…] Shenzhen have risen literally out of nothing to become urban showpieces and major financial centers. The "Bird's Nest" stadium that became the much heralded centerpiece of the 2008 Beijing Games was erected at unprecedented speed, along with dozens of other Olympic venues, several new subway lines, and major beautification projects across the city.</p> <p>None […]
Book Reviews
Closing a Perception/Reality Gap
A Book Review
[…] Administration, and Regulation; a Research Handbook. Santa Barbara, California: Institute for the Study of American Religion, and Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute for Culture, Commerce, and Religion, 2005. ISBN-10: 0915051036; ISBN-13: 978-0915051038; 108 pages, paperback, $9.45 at Amazon.com. To some extent, Western perceptions of the religious situation in China are stuck in a time […]
China’s Past as Key to the Present
[…] its rich history cannot be ignored. Only by understanding how China and its church have weathered the changes of the past can we fully appreciate the dynamics at work in China today. Read "The Chinese Church and Its Historical Past," the 2017 autumn issue of ChinaSource Quarterly. Image credit: Key by Pippa Buchanan via Flickr.
Editorials
A Larger Purpose
[…] crisis in the years to come. If the current spread of HIV and AIDS cannot be slowed significantly, China may have 10 million cases by the year 2010. Of more immediate concern is the specter of an avian flu pandemic that would endanger millions of lives not only in China but throughout the world. […]
Supporting Article
The Development of the Middle Hues
[…] the “newly well-off” of the middle class, are neither poor nor rich; estimates of their numbers range from 100 million to over 200 million people, increasing by 20 percent per year. In China, having a “comfortable life” means having an annual household income around US$14,000 in contrast to annual average rural incomes of $300 […]
Lead Article
The Growing Rights Consciousness in China
[…] add the provision, “The People’s Republic of China practices ruling the country in accordance with the law and building a socialist country of law” (Article 5). In 2001, as China joined the WTO, it also ratified the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. China has not yet ratified the Covenant on Civil and […]
The Heart of a Single Servant
[…] ChinaSource Quarterly on women in ministry in China, wrote a newsletter in 2020 entitled “Deeper Water.” The following excerpts from that letter, translated from Chinese, express a call into “deeper water” from a single woman’s perspective. For Joy, deeper water means maturing in faith which develops a deepened understanding of and commitment to Christ. […]
Beyond the Standard Narrative
[…] more likely to draw official attention. The size and perceived influence of unregistered groups is another factor. After several high-profile congregations were shut down in the late 2010s, other groups began proactively moving to a decentralized church model, a transition that was hastened by pandemic restrictions beginning in 2020. Finally, the church’s historical relationship […]
Who Moved My Church?
[…] Christianity</em>, July 2019. Accessed January 25, 2023. <a href="https://www.gordonconwell.edu/center-for-global-christianity/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2020.pdf">https://www.gordonconwell.edu/center-for-global-christianity/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2020.pdf</a>. Leah MarieAnn Klett, “Most Evangelical Christians Live outside of North America and Europe, Researcher Says,” <em>Christian Post</em>, February 20, 2020. Accessed January 25, 2023. <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/most-evangelical-christians-live-outside-of-north-america-and-europe-researcher-says.html">https://www.christianpost.com/news/most-evangelical-christians-live-outside-of-north-america-and-europe-researcher-says.html</a>. “In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace,” <em>Pew Research Center</em>, October 17, 2019. Accessed January 25, 2023. […]
Theological Chinese for Non-native Speakers
[…] both the requisite theological vocabulary and is accessible to non-native speakers. Recently Logos Evangelical Seminary in Los Angeles launched a new program aimed at filling this gap. Called the Logos Total Immersion Program (L-TIP), it combines classroom training in theological Chinese with individual instruction in speaking, reading and writing. According to Dr. Rick Cook, […]