Christian social activism and the rule of law in Chinese societies. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Chris White and Fenggang Yang.
• Editors: (Post-Doctoral Researcher), White, Chris; Yang, Fenggang
• Contents: Chapter One: A Historical Overview of Chinese Christian Activism: Institutional Change toward Democracy <span style="font-style:italic;">Fenggang Yang and Chris White <span style="font-style:italic;"> Section One: Republic of China on Taiwan Introduction: Chinese Christian Activism in the Republic of China on Taiwan <span style="font-style:italic;">Jonathan Seitz Chapter Two: Taiwan Under Martial Law and Presbyterian Responses <span style="font-style:italic;">Jonathan Seitz Chapter Three: To Unite as One Body: The Presbyterians and Changing Identities in Taiwan <span style="font-style:italic;">Magdaléna Rychetská Section Two: Hong Kong Introduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Hong Kong <span style="font-style:italic;">Fenggang Yang and Chris White Chapter Four: Religious Discourse, Social Participation, and Identity Construction of Hong Kong Protestant Christians from 1970 to 1997: An Analysis of Three Oral Histories <span style="font-style:italic;">Wai Luen Kwok Chapter Five: Contesting for Religious Freedom in China: The Case of Hong Kong Christian Social Activism from 2014 to 2018 <span style="font-style:italic;">Fuk-tsang Ying Chapter Six: Identity Negotiation and Social Activism: Hong Kong Christians during the Umbrella Movement <span style="font-style:italic;">Jenny McGill, Kim Kuen Ip, Jeffrey Chiu, and Timotheus Mui Chapter Seven: Hong Kong Theology as a Construction of Postcolonial Theology <span style="font-style:italic;">Tsz Him Lai Chapter Eight: Social Media as a Tool of Social Activism: Public Theology of the Umbrella City Cyberchurch <span style="font-style:italic;">Calida Chu Section Three: People’s Republic of China Introduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Mainland China <span style="font-style:italic;">Fenggang Yang and Chris White Chapter Nine: Facing Society from the Chinese Academy: Cultural Christians, Sino-Christian Theology, and Academics as Activists <span style="font-style:italic;">George Dunn and Xinzhang Zhang Chapter Ten: Religious Policy on Foreign Christians in China: International Christian Fellowships and the Regulations on Foreigners’ Religious Activities <span style="font-style:italic;">Shiho Murakami Chapter Eleven: Gospel-leafleting, Three-Self-Affiliated Congregations and Rule of Law in the PRC <span style="font-style:italic;">Mark McLeister Chapter Twelve: One Foot above Liberalism: Wang Yi’s Search for Civil Society <span style="font-style:italic;">Yucheng Bai Chapter Thirteen: Christian Faith Confessions in the Chinese Jiating Church Context: The Discourse of Sovereignty and the Political Order <span style="font-style:italic;">Yan Liu Section Four: Global China Introduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Global China <span style="font-style:italic;">Fenggang Yang and Chris White Chapter Fourteen: <span style="font-style:italic;">Baorong Duoyuan : A Proposal for Religious Freedom in China <span style="font-style:italic;">Bob Fu Chapter Fifteen: Migration, Conversion, and Transnational Activism in a Vancouver Chinese Church <span style="font-style:italic;">Joshua Tan Chapter Sixteen: “One More Christian, One Fewer <span style="font-style:italic;">Activist ” – Does Christianity Squelch Activism? Hypotheses from Studying Former Tiananmen Activists Who Converted to Protestant Christianity <span style="font-style:italic;">Carsten Vala
• Publisher Details: Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 261.830951; Church and social problems -- China; Social action -- China; Christians -- Political activity -- China; Christianity and politics -- China; Rule of law -- China; China -- Religion; China -- Social conditions -- 1949-
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781611463248
• Related ISBNs: 9781611463231
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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