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Book Reviews
Redeemed by Fire
The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China
Lian Xi, Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2010. Available on Amazon. Reviewed by Brent Fulton Years ago a Western teacher was having a conversation with one of her students in China about their respective cultures. “You know what the difference is between you […]
An Effective Bridge
[…] China. How to learn alongside China’s future theologians as they write dissertations in China or abroad, assume faculty position in official or unofficial theological training institutions, launch new online journals, engage with fellow academics on Chinese university campuses, and publish articles for a global audience? How to encourage a new generation of pastors whose […]
A Missed Opportunity
How Our Questions Shape Our Narratives
[…] story encapsulated the zeal of young believers to spread the gospel to the frontiers of China and beyond. He experienced firsthand the struggle of adapting to a new culture in a land very different from his home. Just as he encouraged the students in Jia Yuming’s seminary, Pastor Ding might have fanned the missionary […]
Editorials
Thinking with Their Hearts
Postmodernism in China
[…] and other postmodern luminaries, this nevertheless did not deter them from engaging in animated discussions about power relationships or from deconstructing literary classics in order to discover new meanings, found not in the context of the literature itself but in the interaction between it and its modern critics. “Why do we spend all our […]
Variations on a Theme
[…] In the eyes of some observers, China’s standalone urban churches represent the seeds of civil society. A hunger for leadership training from the West hints that a new kind of Christian leader is being formed in China. Our narratives envision a linear relationship between our China involvement and the church’s—and the nation’s—trajectory toward progress. […]
Editorials
Education: For Whom? And Why?
[…] the 1980s signaled a radical shift, as “key point” schools were reopened and thousands of the finest students sent abroad for study. With the dawn of the new millennium comes a third alternative—market-driven education. The marketization of education conveniently answers both the government’s desire to cease being the sole underwriter of education in China […]
Counting China’s Christians
[…] birth-control statistics are massaged up or down depending on political requirements, and religious statistics are even more problematic." Lambert, whose own foray into this minefield began 40 years ago, then unpacks the intricacies of religious statistics in China, showing how to utilize both government and unofficial numbers to piece together a reasonable estimate of […]
From Entrepreneur to Catalyst
[…] in China ministry. After Joshua had been chosen to take Israel into the Promised Land, Moses’s job description changed. No longer called to lead the charge, his new assignment was to “encourage and strengthen Joshua” (Deuteronomy 3:28). As willing catalysts, this generation of leaders can encourage and strengthen a new generation of indigenous ministry […]
7 Trends for Foreign Christians in China
[…] directly, primarily in the area of training. Today the maturing of the church, along with heightened official suspicion toward foreign involvement in China, are giving rise to new modes of engagement. Here are seven trends to watch: From Training to Mentoring. Much of the equipping formerly done by foreigners can now be done by […]
From Trailblazer to Fellow Traveler
[…] becoming quite proficient in rudimentary dentistry, and married a local Christian woman. Frank Gilman, a college classmate of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton, met his wife (also from New York), in India on his way to China and went on to establish outposts on Hainan Island in the south. In another section entitled “Adventurers” we […]