Official Protestantism in China

Koesel, Karrie J.; Hu, Yizhi; Pine, Joshua

doi:10.1163/22143955-00601005

“…By diversifying their social involvement and taking it out of their Mother House, nuns silently assert their own way to define and help people in need. This multidirectional social engagement illustrates once again what scholars have called the back-and-forth dynamic of cooperation and negotiation between Chinese Christians and state actors (Koesel et al 2019;Madsen 2019a). Nuns do not simply respond to social needs defined by the state but carefully discern where and how to invest their energy without ignoring stigmatized populations.…”

Section: A Congregations With Historical Roots: the Little Sisters Of Marymentioning

confidence: 70%

New Developments in Christianity in China

Lim¹

2020

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“…By diversifying their social involvement and taking it out of their Mother House, nuns silently assert their own way to define and help people in need. This multidirectional social engagement illustrates once again what scholars have called the back-and-forth dynamic of cooperation and negotiation between Chinese Christians and state actors (Koesel et al 2019;Madsen 2019a). Nuns do not simply respond to social needs defined by the state but carefully discern where and how to invest their energy without ignoring stigmatized populations.…”

Section: A Congregations With Historical Roots: the Little Sisters Ofmentioning

confidence: 71%

Chinese Catholic Nuns and the Organization of Religious Life in Contemporary China

Chambon

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2019

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This article explores the evolution of female religious life within the Catholic Church in China today. Through ethnographic observation, it establishes a spectrum of practices between two main traditions, namely the antique beatas and the modern missionary congregations. The article argues that Chinese nuns create forms of religious life that are quite distinct from more universal Catholic standards: their congregations are always diocesan and involved in multiple forms of apostolate. Despite the little attention they receive, Chinese nuns demonstrate how Chinese Catholics are creative in their appropriation of Christian traditions and their response to social and economic changes.

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“…Yet, the remapping of China’s population has since relocated many rural Christians to urban centers (Huang, 2014). Thus, one of the impacts of ongoing rural-urban migration has been a growth of Christianity in China’s cities (Koesel et al, 2019).…”

Section: China’s Rapid Urbanizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rural-to-urban migrants: Possibilities for new churches in China’s cities

Sanchez

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2022

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Over the last 30 years, the world has watched as China has developed into an urban nation. Early scholarship on the missiological importance of urban centers framed cities as “the new frontier.” Over time, missiological inquiry continued ranging from new strategies for urban work to developing a theology of urban missions. The continued growth of cities around the world has kept the increasingly diverse environments of the city at the fore of missiological conversations. China’s aggressive urbanization development has meant large populations of rural-to-urban migrants have flooded into the cities in this period. There lacks, however, a robust discussion about the need for more rural-to-urban migrant churches in China. In this article I explore the possibilities for migrant churches in cities. To understand China’s urban context, I begin with a brief overview of rapid urbanization development. I then discuss the growth of the Christian population in China’s cities which is due, in part, to rural-to-urban migration. Following, I discuss some barriers of belonging that many rural-to-urban migrants experience, including barriers in urban churches. I end the article by suggesting possibilities of an establishment of migrant churches in China’s urban centers.

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Official Protestantism in China

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New Developments in Christianity in China

New Developments in Christianity in China

Chinese Catholic Nuns and the Organization of Religious Life in Contemporary China

Rural-to-urban migrants: Possibilities for new churches in China’s cities

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