As the third volume of a three-volume set on the indigenization of Christianity in modern China, this book analyzes the endeavors of Christianity in adapting to the changing social environment between the late 1920s and the end of the twentieth century.
Over the course of its growth in modern China, Christianity has faced many twists and turns in attempting to embed itself in Chinese society and indigenous culture. This three-volume set delineates the genesis and trajectory of Christianity’s indigenization in China over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, highlighting the actions of Chinese Christians and the relationship between the development of Christianity in China and modern Chinese history. Chapters in this volume focuses on the late 1920s; the 1930s and the period before and after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The author discusses key transitions in indigenizing Christianity, including efforts to bring the religion to rural regions, devotions to anti-Japanese national salvation, discussions on the coexistence of Communism and Christianity and the Church’s adaptation to accommodate Chinese society after 1949.
The book will appeal to scholars and students interested in the history of Christianity in China and modern Chinese history.
Author(s): Qi Duan
Series: China Perspectives
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 236
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Tables
1 Chinese Christianity in the Shanghai Massacre and the Northern Expedition Periods, 1927–1929
Further Interaction of the Northern Expedition and Christianity in the Condemning Christianity Movements
Theoretical Explorations of Indigenization in the Shanghai Massacre and Northern Expedition Periods
Notes
Bibliography
2 Chinese Christianity in the 1930s
The Five-Year Campaign
The Grassroots Initiative and “Go to the Countryside”
The Anti-Japanese National Salvation Movement
Theoretical Explorations of Indigenization in the 1930s
Notes
Bibliography
3 Chinese Christianity On the Eve of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China
The Three-Year Endeavour and Rural Churches’ Propagation of Christianity
The Christian Student Movement
Christians in China Witnessing Drastic Changes
Theoretical Essays Exploring the Indigenization of Christianity in China
Notes
Bibliography
4 Reform of Christianity Since the Founding of the People’s Republic of China
The Church’s Adaption to New China in the 1950s
The Task in General
Fundamental Aims
Concrete Methods
The Church’s Contextualization in the 1980s and 1990s
The Contextualization of Theological Thinking
The Contextualization of the Organizational System
The Church Positively Led Christians to Participate in the Social Life, Promote and Practise Christian Ethics, and Strive to Be Good Citizens With High Morals
The Church’s Contextualization in Recent Years
Notes
Bibliography
Postscript
Index
