Redeemed by fire : the rise of popular Christianity in modern China / Lian Xi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lian, Xi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Church history--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 333 p.) ) ill., map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first to address the history and future of homegrown, mass Chinese Christianity. Drawing on a large collection of fresh sources-including contemporaneous accounts, diaries, memoirs, archival material, and interviews-Lian Xi traces the transformation of Protestant Christianity in twentieth-century China from a small, beleaguered "missionary" church buffeted by antiforeignism to an indigenous popular religion energized by nationalism and millenarianism. Lian shows that, with a current membership that rivals that of the Chinese Communist Party, and the ability to galvanize China's millions into apocalyptic convulsion and messianic exuberance, the popular Christian movement channels the aspirations and the discontent of the masses and will play an important role in shaping the country's future.

Contents:

In search of Chinese Christianity

The lightning out of the east : the True Jesus Church

The Jesus Family

The smitten land : China in revival

"Elucidating the way" : an independent preacher's revolt against mission churches

"Flame for God" : John Sung and the Bethel Band

Awaiting rapture : Watchman Nee and the Little Flock

The indigenous church movement through war and revolution

Cries in the wilderness : the underground church in the communist era.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-323) and index.

ISBN:

9780300162837

0300162839

OCLC:

811405703