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The Focus of Study The Focus of Study
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The Earliest Entry of Christianity to China The Earliest Entry of Christianity to China
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The Entries of the Catholic Faith to China The Entries of the Catholic Faith to China
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The Modest Beginning of Protestant Mission The Modest Beginning of Protestant Mission
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The “Golden Age” of Mission The “Golden Age” of Mission
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The Rise of Indigenous Protestant Movements The Rise of Indigenous Protestant Movements
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Growth on Hold Growth on Hold
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Christianity in the New China Christianity in the New China
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The Latest Developments The Latest Developments
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Chinese Christianity’s Global Impact Chinese Christianity’s Global Impact
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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Key Works Key Works
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26 Christianity in Chinese Soil
Get accessMiikka Ruokanen/罗明嘉 (PhD, University of Cambridge; PhD, University of Helsinki) is Professor Emeritus of Dogmatics, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Professor of Systematic Theology, Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, China. He is also Guest Professor, Renmin University of China, and Advisory Professor, Fudan University. He has authored twenty books on systematic theology.
Chen Yongtao/ 陈永涛 (PhD, University of Helsinki) is Professor of Christian Theology and Chinese Christianity at Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, China. His research focuses on Gospel and culture, contextual theology, and Chinese Protestant Christianity.
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Published:19 December 2022
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Abstract
The chapter focuses on three main features in the development of Christianity in China: first, a perpetual tendency toward the contextualization/inculturation of the Christian faith; second, tension between the suspicion of foreign interference in Chinese society and the welcome of Western science and social values introduced by missionaries; and third, criticism of imported Western denominationalism. The chapter demonstrates how these features appeared in Chinese Christianity from mission initiatives and indigenous movements from the seventh century ce up to contemporary modern urban post-denominational congregations and their pursuit of the political, social, and cultural Sinicization of the faith. It analyzes the reasons for the phenomenal growth of Protestantism in China. Moreover, it discusses the possibility that Chinese Christians—on the basis of the tendency towards contextualization and nondenominationalism, and because of their experience of suffering resulting in deep devotion and spiritual vigor—could make a global impact shaping world Christianity.
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