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“Shrewd as Snakes”?
In this reprint from Christianity Today, Professor Fenggang Yang explores the wisdom and shrewdness of Chinese Christians as they navigate religious repression, drawing from Jesus’s teaching in Matthew 10:16 and reflecting the cultural significance of the snake in Chinese tradition. As we mark the Year of the Snake, we hope this article encourages our […]
October 24, 2013
[…] to relent when it comes to calling for the rule of law, adherence to the constitution, or an end to abuses of power. RELIGION Q. and A.: Yang Fenggang on the Oxford Consensus and Public Trust in China (October 18, 2013, Sinosphere) In late August, two dozen Chinese public intellectuals from four of the countrys […]
5 Thoughts on How the Church Grows
[…] people eliminate an existing “inferiority complex,” that is “not feeling good enough,” it is an important and glorious declaration in an atheistic society. I believe that although Yang Fenggang’s research found that more than 80% of people in China have religious feelings or yearnings for religion, the purpose of their yearning for religion is often […]
ZGBriefs | April 4, 2024
[…] is strikingly faithful to the historical scenes – and those scenes point to the lasting impact of this pivotal moment in China’s history. Events EASC Lecture: Fenggang Yang, “The Rise of Christianity in Modernizing China and Its Challenge to Sociological Theories” (The East Asian Studies Center) But secularization theories fail to explain the surprising rise […]
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, July 24 Issue
[…] said by phone. “They beat his head, and I’m worried about his eyesight.” The confrontation Monday morning showed local officials’ determination to remove the cross, said Yang Fenggang, a sociology professor and director of the Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University in Indiana. “This blood, injuries these won’t stop them.” China […]
Confrontation or Conversation? The Church and Confucianism in China
[…] Confucianism .Overall, Christianity is still in a position of being culturally discriminated against and has not become an indispensable part of mainstream Chinese culture.1 Purdue professor Dr. Yang Fenggang sees the church in China today not as confronting Confucianism head-on, but rather as helping to inculcate the next generation of believers with Confucian values, many […]
ZGBriefs | August 30, 2018
[…] draws to a close, the world seems to be witnessing one of those epochal clashes that can change the contours of global power. Religion Chinese leader Wang Yang urges tight control of separatists and Buddhist institutions in Tibet (August 27, 2018, South China Morning Post) Wang Yang, the ruling Communist Party’s No 4 ranking […]
ZGBriefs | December 1, 2022
[…] during the Long March. He then defected to the Nationalist government, but moved to Hong Kong after the Civil War ended in 1949. He and his wife Yang Zilie (杨子烈女士) moved to Canada in 1968; the year before Zhang’s death, they were visited twice by old acquaintances—acclaimed Christian scholar Zhang Lisheng (章力生先生) and his […]
ZGBriefs | November 30, 2023
[…] during the Long March. He then defected to the Nationalist government, but moved to Hong Kong after the Civil War ended in 1949. He and his wife Yang Zilie (杨子烈女士) moved to Canada in 1968; the year before Zhang’s death, they were visited twice by old acquaintances—acclaimed Christian scholar Zhang Lisheng (章力生先生) and his […]
ZGBriefs | July 4, 2019
[…] the Three-self churches. At the same time, I am troubled by the focus on labels (Three-self, Presbyterian, Reformed, Anglican) that was evident in my talk with Pastor Yang. But I also admire Pastor Yang and those like him for their Reformed witness and willingness to stand up for what they believe. Perhaps both are […]