Christian Social Activism and Rule of Law in Chinese Societies

Chris White; Fenggang Yang

doi:10.5771/9781611463248

Summary

Although Christianity has been a minority religion in Chinese societies, Christians have been powerful catalysts of social activism in seeking to establish democracy and rule of law in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and diasporic communities. The chapters gathered in this collection reveal the vital influence of Christian individuals and groups on social, political, and legal activism in Chinese societies. Written from a range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives, the chapters develop a coherent narrative of Christian activism that illuminates its specific historical, theological, and cultural contexts. Analyzing campaigns for human rights, universal suffrage, and other political reforms, this volume uncovers the complex dynamics of Christian activism, highlighting its significant contributions to the democratization of Greater China.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-61146-323-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-61146-324-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 412
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
1. Christians in the Founding of the Republic of China No access
2. Christians in the New Republic and the Campaign for Religious Freedom in the Constitution No access
3. Christians in the Democratization of Taiwan No access
4. Ongoing Christian Activism in Hong Kong No access
5. Chinese Christian Activism in the PRC and Exile No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
8. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Martial Law and the Christian Condition No access
  3. Exile, Imprisonment, and Assassination No access
  4. Indigenous Growth and Development No access
  5. PCT as a Gateway No access
  6. A PCT Theology? A PCT Public Witness? No access
  7. Conclusions No access
  8. Author’s NOTE No access
  9. Notes No access
  10. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Chinese or Taiwanese? No access
  3. The Church as the Promoter of a New Identity No access
  4. New and Independent Taiwan No access
  5. Recent Developments No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Christian Social Participation and Church–State Relations in Colonial Hong Kong from 1970 to 1997 No access
  3. Social Participation and Identity Construction of Hong Kong Christians in Colonial Hong Kong No access
  4. Kwok Nai Wang: Leader and Crystallizer No access
  5. Lau Chin Shek: Labor Activist and Legislator No access
  6. Chan Cho Wai Joseph: Apologist and Intellectual for Democratic Development No access
  7. Concluding Remarks No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Adjustments to Religious Policy in China since 2014 No access
  3. Hong Kong Christians’ Response to the Cross Demolition Campaign (2014–2016) No access
  4. Christian Social Activism since the Enforcement of the Revised Regulations on Religious Affairs (2018) No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Author’s NOTE No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The Changing Nature of Church-State Relations and Christian Activism in Hong Kong No access
  3. Activism in the Name of God: The Calling of Benny Tai No access
  4. Identity Struggles of Christians in Hong Kong No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. Bibliography No access
4. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Recolonization in the Post-Umbrella Movement Era No access
  3. Postcolonial Theology and Hong Kong No access
  4. Hong Kong as Method: Hybridity, In-between-ness, and Marginality No access
  5. An Ecclesiology for Hong Kongers: In-between-ness, Marginality, and Hybridity No access
  6. Hong Kong Theology as an Ongoing Project No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
5. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Social Activism and Public Theology in the Umbrella Movement No access
  3. Establishing UCC as a Network Church No access
  4. Conclusion No access
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  6. Bibliography No access
1. 1. The First Chinese Enlightenment No access
  2. Christianity’s Comeback and the Second Chinese Enlightenment No access
  3. A Crisis in Values No access
  4. The “Mystical Church” of Chinese Intellectuals No access
  5. Teaching Theology to Speak Hanyu No access
  6. Sino-Christian Theology Goes Public No access
  7. A New Chapter in History No access
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  10. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. State Policy and ICFs No access
  3. ICFs in Beijing No access
  4. Local Implementation of Religious Regulations on ICFs No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Author’s NOTE No access
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  8. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Huanghaicheng No access
  3. Rule of Law in the PRC No access
  4. Gospel-leafleting in Huanghaicheng No access
  5. Gospel-leafleting and Rule of Law in Huanghaicheng No access
  6. Concluding Comments No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
4. 1. Wang Yi’s Arrest No access
  2. The Generation of Liberal Civil Society No access
  3. A Chinese Branch of Calvinism No access
  4. Reclaiming the Tradition of Forbearance No access
  5. An Incomplete Search No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
5. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Social-Political Backgrounds: A Time Line of Faith Confessions No access
  3. Theological Grounds: Commonalities and Differences No access
  4. Core Concepts: Theological Significance and Social Affinity No access
  5. The Competing Elements of the Party-State and Popular Christian Discourse No access
  6. Conclusion No access
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  8. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Religious Freedom Challenges for China No access
  3. CCP’s Unjustifiable and Unsustainable Religious Policy No access
  4. Potential Frameworks for Managing Religion No access
  5. Contextualizing BD in China No access
  6. China Projected to Become a “Christian(ized)” Democracy No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Literature Review No access
  2. Post-1989 Chinese Encounters with Christianity Overseas No access
  3. Forming a New “China-oriented” Congregation in Canada No access
  4. “Exiles” among “Flexible Citizens” No access
  5. Conversion as Rejection of China No access
  6. From “Migrant” to “Self-exile” No access
  7. Rituals of Intimacy: Suffering with the Persecuted Churches of China No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. Author’s NOTE No access
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  11. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Sketching the Argument on Three Levels No access
  2. Four Former Tiananmen Leader-Converts No access
  3. Notes No access
  4. Bibliography No access
Index No access Pages 399 - 408
1. Editors No access
2. Contributors No access