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Christian social activism and rule of law in Chinese societies / edited by Fenggang Yang and Chris White.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Yang, Fenggang, editor.
White, Chris (Post-Doctoral Researcher), editor.
ProQuest ebook central.
Series:
Studies in missionaries and Christianity in China
Studies in Christianity in China
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Church and social problems--China.
Church and social problems.
Social action--China.
Social action.
Christians--Political activity--China.
Christians.
Christianity and politics--China.
Christianity and politics.
Rule of law--China.
Rule of law.
Christians--Political activity.
China.
China--Religion.
Religion.
China--Social conditions--1949-.
Social conditions.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 411 pages) : color illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
A historical overview of Chinese Christian activism : institutional change toward democracy / Fenggang Yang and Chris White
Taiwan under martial law and Presbyterian responses / Jonathan Seitz
To unite as one body : the Presbyterians and changing identities in Taiwan / Magdaléna Rychetská
Religious discourse, social participation, and identity construction of Hong Kong Protestant Christians from 1970 to 1997 : an analysis of three oral histories / Wai Luen Kwok
Contesting for religious freedom in China : the case of Hong Kong Christian social activism from 2014 to 2018 / Fuk-tsang Ying
Identity negotiation and social activism : Hong Kong Christians during the Umbrella Movement / Jenny McGill, Kim Kuen Ip, Jeffrey Chiu, and Timotheus Mui
Hong Kong theology as a construction of postcolonial theology / Tsz Him Lai
Social media as a tool of social activism : public theology of the umbrella city cyberchurch / Calida Chu
Facing society from the Chinese academy : cultural Christians, Sino-Christian theology, and academics as activists / George Dunn and Xinzhang Zhang
Religious policy on foreign Christians in China : international Christian fellowships and the regulations on foreigners' religious activities / Shiho Murakami
Gospel-leafleting, three-self-affiliated congregations and rule of law in the PRC / Mark McLeister
One foot above liberalism : Wang Yi's search for civil society / Yucheng Bai
Christian faith confessions in the Chinese Jiating church context : the discourse of sovereignty and the political order / Yan Liu
Baorong Duoyuan : a proposal for religious freedom in China / Bob Fu
Migration, conversion, and transnational activism in a Vancouver Chinese Church / Joshua Tan
'One more Christian, one fewer activist'
does Christianity squelch activism? Hypotheses from studying former Tiananmen activists who converted to Protestant Christianity / Carsten Vala.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 23, 2021).
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Print version: Christian social activism and rule of law in Chinese societies
ISBN:
9781611463248
1611463246
Publisher Number:
40030595666
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