A Protestant Church in Communist China
Lehigh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61146-090-2 (ISBN)
As a case study of one individual church, operating from an historical (rather than theological) perspective, this study examines the experience of people at this church against the backdrop of the turbulent politics of the Mao and Deng eras. It asks and seeks to answer questions such as: were the people at the church pleased to see the foreign missionaries leave? Were people forced to sign the so-called “Christian manifesto”? Once the church doors were closed in 1966, did worshipers go underground? Why was this particular church especially chosen to be the first re-opened in Shanghai in 1979? What explanations are there for its phenomenal growth since then?
A considerable proportion of the data for this study is drawn from Chinese language sources, including interviews, personal correspondence, statistics, internal church documents and archives, many of which have never previously been published or accessed by foreign researchers.
The main focus of this study is on the period from 1949 to 1989, a period in which the church experienced many ups and downs, restrictions and limitations. The Mao era, in particular, remains one of the least understood and seldom written about periods in the history of Christianity in China. This study therefore makes a significant contribution to our evolving understanding of the delicate balancing act between compromise, co-operation and compliance that categorizes church-state relations in modern China.
John Craig William Keating is fluent in Chinese and has taught Chinese language and history in private schools for almost thirty years, acting as an examiner for Year 12 exams. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and four daughters.
Acknowledgments
Spelling and terminology
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Pre-Communist Era (1887-1949)
Chapter 3: Adjusting to the new regime (1949-51)
Chapter 4: The call to re-align (1950-58)
Chapter 5: A church under pressure (1958-66)
Chapter 6: A church closed (1966-79)
Chapter 7: re-opening (1979-89)
Chapter 8: The Church Today (1989- )
Chapter 9: Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendix 1: Timeline of major events relevant to MMC
Appendix 2: Biographies of key people connected to MMC
Appendix 3: Glossary of Chinese names and terms
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.4.2012 |
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Verlagsort | Cranbury |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 159 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 680 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-61146-090-5 / 1611460905 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-61146-090-2 / 9781611460902 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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