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House church Christianity in China = from rural preachers to city pastors /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	House church Christianity in China/ by Jie Kang.
Reminder of title:	from rural preachers to city pastors /
Author:	Kang, Jie.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2016.,
Description:	x, 296 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Protestantism - China. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30490-8
ISBN:	9783319304908

House church Christianity in China = from rural preachers to city pastors /
Kang, Jie.

House church Christianity in Chinafrom rural preachers to city pastors /[electronic resource] :by Jie Kang. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2016. - x, 296 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Global diversities. - Global diversities..

This book provides a significant new interpretation of China's rapid urbanization by analyzing its impact on the spread of Protestant Christianity in the People's Republic. Demonstrating how the transition from rural to urban churches has led to the creation of nationwide Christian networks, the author focuses on Linyi in Shandong Province. Using her unparalleled access as both an anthropologist and member of the congregation, she presents a much-needed insider's view of the development, organization, operation and transformation of the region's unregistered house churches. Whilst most studies are concerned with the opposition of church and state, this work, by contrast, shows that in Linyi there is no clear-cut distinction between the official TSPM church and house churches. Rather, it is the urbanization of religion that is worthy of note and detailed analysis, an approach which the author also employs in investigating the role played by Christianity in Beijing. What she uncovers is the impact of newly-acquired urban aspirations for material goods, success and status on the reshaping of local Christian beliefs, practices and rites of passage. In doing so, she creates a thought-provoking account of religious life in China that will appeal to social anthropologists, sociologists, theologians and scholars of China and its society.

ISBN: 9783319304908

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-30490-8doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1116074
Protestantism
--China.

LC Class. No.: BR1285 / .K36 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 280.40951

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