Surviving the State, Remaking the Church: A Sociological Portrait of Christians in Mainland China - Brossura

Ma, Li

 
9781532634604: Surviving the State, Remaking the Church: A Sociological Portrait of Christians in Mainland China
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ISBN 10: 1532634609 ISBN 13: 9781532634604
Casa editrice: Pickwick Publications, 2017

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This sociological portrait presents how Chinese Christians have coped with life under a hostile regime over a span of different historical periods, and how Christian churches as collective entities have been reshaped by ripples of social change. China's change from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, or from an agrarian society to an urbanizing society, are admittedly significant phenomena worthy of scholarly attention, but real changes are about values and beliefs that give rise to social structures over time. The growth of Christianity has become interwoven with the disintegration or emergence of Chinese cultural beliefs, political ideologies, and commercial values. Relying mainly on an oral history method for data collection, the authors allow the narratives of Chinese Christians to speak for themselves. Identifying the formative cultural elements, a sociohistorical analysis also helps to lay out a coherent understanding of the complexity of religious experiences for Christians in the Chinese world. This book also serves to bring back scholarly discussions on the habits of the heart as the condition that helps form identities and nurture social morality, whether individuals engage in private or public affairs.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Li Ma has a PhD in sociology from Cornell University. She is currently a Research Fellow at the Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jin Li is a PhD student at Calvin Theological Seminary.

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Editore
Pickwick Publications
Data di pubblicazione
2017
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1532634609
ISBN 13 
9781532634604
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
226
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
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