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Unfinished History Christianity and the Cold War in East Asia Philip L. Wickeri, Volker Küster

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Wickeri, Philip L., Editor.
Küster, Volker, Editor.
Series:
ContactZone ; Volume 18.
Contact Zone 18
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
East Asia.
Cold War.
Christianity.
Korean War.
Theology.
Communism.
Local Subjects:
East Asia.
Cold War.
Christianity.
Korean War.
Theology.
Communism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Leipzig Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2016
Summary:
The term ContactZone was coined in postcolonial discourse to signify the place where cultures and religions meet. It implies that first contact, cultural-religious exchange and conflict have always been determined by power-relations. Making use of communication theories, hermeneutics and aesthetics intercultural theology generates new terminologies and theoretical tools to explore these interactions. Its scope ranges from issues such as dialogue and syncretism to fundamentalism and ethnicity. Perspectives of culture, religion, race, class, gender and inclusion alike are involved in the necessary multi-axial approach. ContactZone creates a space where a choir of multiple voices is responding to the challenges of cultural religious pluralism, rethinking theology in the 21st century. The series comprises monographs (incl. PhD dissertations) and anthologies (incl. conference proceedings). [Der Begriff ContactZone wurde im postkolonialen Diskurs geprägt, um den Ort zu kennzeichnen, an dem Kulturen und Religionen aufeinandertreffen. Er impliziert, das Erster Kontakt, kulturell-religiöser Austausch und Konflikt immer auch durch Machtverhältnisse bestimmt werden. Unter Zuhilfenahme von Kommunikationstheorien, Hermeneutik und Ästhetik entwickelt Interkulturelle Theologie neue Terminologien und ein theoretisches Instrumentarium, um diese Interaktionsprozesse zu erforschen. Ihr Spektrum reicht dabei von Themen wie Dialog und Synkretismus bis zu Fundamentalismus und Ethnizität. Perspektiven wie Kultur, Religion, Rasse, Klasse, Gender und Inklusion sind gleichermaßen in diese notwendigerweise multi-axiale Herangehensweise involviert. ContactZone kreiert einen Raum, in dem ein Chor vielfältiger Stimmen auf die Herausforderungen des kulturell-religiösen Pluralismus im 21. Jahrhundert reagiert. Die Serie umfasst Monographien (einschliesslich Doktorarbeiten) und Sammelbände.] This is the first collection of essays to discuss the impact of the Cold War (1945-1990) on Christianity in East Asia. In historical overviews, case studies and theological reflections, scholars from Asia, Europe and North America explore the variety of ways in which the Cold War has shaped the churches’ involvement in society, politics and culture. The Cold War continues to have an impact the Korean peninsula, in Greater China and throughout the region. Churches are challenged to address the issues of the past that affect Christian life today. [Die in diesem Band gesammelten Aufsätze setzen sich erstmals aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven mit den Auswirkungen des Kalten Krieges (1945-1990) auf das Christentum in Ostasien auseinander. In geschichtlichen Übersichten, Fallbeispielen und theologischen Erörterungen erkunden Wissenschaftler aus Asien, Europa und Nordamerika die vielfältigen Wege in denen er das Engagement der Kirchen in Gesellschaft, Politik und Kultur beeinflußt hat. Der Kalte Krieg wirkt auf der Koreanischen Halbinsel, China und vielen anderen Ländern der Region noch stets nach. Die Kirchen sind herausgefordert, sich diesem geschichtlichem Erbe zu stellen, das Auswirkungen bis in das christliche Leben heute hat.]
Contents:
CONTENTS Preface 7 Introduction 9 Religion and US Policy toward China during the Early Cold War Qiang Zhai 13 Changing Perceptions and Interpretations of the Cold War – A Case Study of the National Christian Council of China, 1945-1949 Peter Chen-main Wang 33 “Cold War Religion” and the Protestant Churches in East Asia and the West Philip L. Wickeri 55 The Survival of the “Instrument”– A Case Study of the Christian Church in Shantou during the Cold War Weiqing Hu 75 Voices from the Bamboo Curtain – A Study of the Audience Response to the Christian Broadcasting in Maoist China (1959-1968) Fuk-tsang Ying 111 The Cold War and Beyond: The Chinese Christian Diaspora’s Image of the Communist Party of China and the Politics of Identification – The Case of Xie Fuya Yang Weihua 133 A Catholic “Disturbance” in Taiyuan Diocese, Shanxi Province, 1965 Wang Meixiu 159 Crossing the Bamboo Curtain –The Japanese Christian Delegation to the Chinese Church in 1957 Yosuke Matsutani 175 Political Ideology and Theological Rhetoric – The Case of the True Jesus Church in Taiwan in the Cold War (1945-1990) Yen-zen Tsai 195 Churches in the Divided Nation – An Analysis of the Korean Christianity Structured by the Cold War System, 1945-1990 Jin Kwan Kwon 215 The Korean War – Different Responses from the World Council of Churches, Chinese Churches, and Korean Churches Heung Soo Kim 231 Another Child of Conflict – Korean Minjung Theology and the Cold War in Asia Volker Küster 247 Afterword 275 List of Contributors 279 Appendix 281
ISBN:
9783374047468
3374047467
Publisher Number:
9783374047468

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