Tag: Religion in China
How Many Christians Are There in China? It’s Complicated
If you are looking for a tidy answer to the question of how many Christians there are in China… then you will be disappointed. That’s because this is the first time Pew has (sort of) come out and admitted that they don’t really know and that it’s almost impossible to really know.
Lecture Video: New Civil Religion in China—Opportunity for Engagement?
Johnson talked about how China is using civil religion, which he defines as the government using religion and religious images to legitimize its rule. This has been most visible in the government’s more tolerant attitude towards what it considers to be indigenized religions.
China’s New Civil Religion
A Challenge and Opportunity for Engagement: Public Lecture
China is…in the midst of a religious boom, which the government is trying to use to further its grip on power… But can authoritarianism and religious life coexist?
Examining Patterns in Chinese Religiosity
Reflecting on “Chinese Christianity in the Modern Era” (2)
Chinese religiosity’s orientation toward cultivating the goodness of human nature in the everyday, societal, and cosmic spheres of life can be found in the diverse threads that make up modern Chinese Christian movements.
The Tricolor Religious Market and the Growth of Christianity
The Great Awakening in China (3)
A sociological approach to the religious landscape in China is helpful in understanding the growth of Christianity in recent years.
Spiritual Awakenings and Reawakenings
The Great Awakening in China (2)
During the 1980s, more and more people in China turned to religion. The turn toward religion included young and old, rural and urban, people who were nearly illiterate and university professors. While many came to Christianity, others returned to Confucianism, Islam, and Buddhism.
The Changing Religious Landscape in Modernizing China
The Great Awakening in China (1)
In 1979, churches, temples and mosques began to be restored and reopened for religious activities. That was the beginning of the economic reform era, and it was also the beginning of the Chinese Great Awakening.
Mao’s Black Box: Resilience and Religious Revival in Wenzhou
A Book Review
"It is curious, however, that to this day the Mao years remain the least studied period in the history of religion in modern China." This book helps fill that gap.
Religion Returning to the Center
For a deeper understanding of some of the issues facing the church in China today, check out this e-journal from Germany.
New Religion Regulations to Take Effect in February
The long-awaited revision of the draft religion regulations circulated last September was signed into law last month and will take effect February 1, 2018.