Chow argues that Christians in mainland China have been constructing a more intentional public theology to engage the Chinese state and society, since the end of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). He recalls the events which have led to this transformation and examines the developments of Christianity across three generations of Chinese.
Autor: | Chow Alex |
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ISBN: | 9780198808695 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Verlag: | Oxford Academic |
Veröffentlicht: | 01.02.2018 |
Untertitel: | Generational Shifts and Confucian Imagination in Chinese Christianity |
Schlagworte: | 20th Century 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 21st Century 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100 Asian History China Christianity Christian theology East Asian religions HISTORY / Asia / China Oriental Religions RELIGION / Christian Theology / General RELIGION / Eastern Theology |
Alexander Chow is Lecturer in Theology and World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Theosis, Sino-Christian Theology and the Second Chinese Enlightenment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and an editor of the academic journal Studies in World Christianity (Edinburgh University Press).