Theosis, Sino-Christian theology and the second Chinese enlightenment : heaven and humanity in unity / Alexander Chow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chow, Alexander.

Series:

Christianities of the world

Palgrave Macmillan's Christianities of the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acculturation.

Christianity and culture.

Church history.

China--Church history--20th century.

China.

China--Church history--21st century.

Christianity and culture--China.

Acculturation--China.

Nee, Watchman.

Zhao, Zichen, 1888-1979.

Ting, K. H.

Physical Description:

xviii, 226 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

For a millennium and a half, Christianity in China has been perceived as a foreign religion for a foreign people. Yet in the last hundred years, various attempts to articulate a Chinese Christianity have been made by indigenous leaders like Watchman Nee, T. C. Chao, and K. H. Ting. This book examines these and other historical approaches, and highlights their tendencies to draw from Western or Latin forms of Christian theology. Alexander Chow is sensitive to the ideological resources of China's past and present, and shows the potential role of Eastern Orthodox theology in today's development of an authentic Chinese contextual theology. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Chinese enlightenments

Watchman Nee's spiritual man

T.C. Chao's spiritual fellowship

K.H. Ting's cosmic Christ

Theological concerns

Theosis and China

Chinese-English glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137312617

1137312610

OCLC:

828509026