{"product_id":"christian-social-activism-and-rule-of-law-in-chinese-societies-9781611463255","title":"Christian Social Activism and Rule of Law in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vastly outsized role of Christians in Chinese political and social activism has presented a persistent puzzle. This timely volume provides the most revealing and wide-ranging answer to date. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Xi Lian, David C. Steinmetz Distinguished Professor of World Christianity, Duke Divinity School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFenggang Yang’s and Chris White’s groundbreaking and provocative volume examines the modes and motivations of politically engaged Christian activism in the orbit of China. Drawing from an array of scholarly and activist perspectives, the fifteen chapters explore the historical and contemporary roles of Christian leaders as revolutionary fighters and constitution writers, parliamentarians and presidents, supporters of self-determination and prisoners of conscience. This book gives vital insight into how and why Christians have put their faith into action in shaping national debates, and it illuminates the soul-searching involved when Christians exercise an influential and effective role in the political sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Chloe Starr, professor of Asian theology and Christianity, Yale Divinity School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: A Historical Overview of Chinese Christian Activism: Institutional Change toward Democracy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFenggang Yang and Chris White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection One: Republic of China on Taiwan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Chinese Christian Activism in the Republic of China on Taiwan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Seitz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Taiwan Under Martial Law and Presbyterian Responses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Seitz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: To Unite as One Body: The Presbyterians and Changing Identities in Taiwan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagdaléna Rychetská\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection Two: Hong Kong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Hong Kong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFenggang Yang and Chris White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Religious Discourse, Social Participation, and Identity Construction of Hong Kong Protestant Christians from 1970 to 1997: An Analysis of Three Oral Histories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWai Luen Kwok\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Contesting for Religious Freedom in China: The Case of Hong Kong Christian Social Activism from 2014 to 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFuk-tsang Ying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Identity Negotiation and Social Activism: Hong Kong Christians during the Umbrella Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJenny McGill, Kim Kuen Ip, Jeffrey Chiu, and Timotheus Mui\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Hong Kong Theology as a Construction of Postcolonial Theology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTsz Him Lai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Social Media as a Tool of Social Activism: Public Theology of the Umbrella City Cyberchurch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalida Chu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection Three: People’s Republic of China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Mainland China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFenggang Yang and Chris White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: Facing Society from the Chinese Academy: Cultural Christians, Sino-Christian Theology, and Academics as Activists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Dunn and Xinzhang Zhang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Religious Policy on Foreign Christians in China: International Christian Fellowships and the Regulations on Foreigners’ Religious Activities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShiho Murakami\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: Gospel-leafleting, Three-Self-Affiliated Congregations and Rule of Law in the PRC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark McLeister\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: One Foot above Liberalism: Wang Yi’s Search for Civil Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYucheng Bai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen: Christian Faith Confessions in the Chinese Jiating Church Context: The Discourse of Sovereignty and the Political Order\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYan Liu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection Four: Global China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Global China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFenggang Yang and Chris White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Fourteen: Baorong Duoyuan: A Proposal for Religious Freedom in China \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Fu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Fifteen: Migration, Conversion, and Transnational Activism in a Vancouver Chinese Church\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoshua Tan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Sixteen: “One More Christian, One Fewer Activist” – Does Christianity Squelch Activism? Hypotheses from Studying Former Tiananmen Activists Who Converted to Protestant Christianity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarsten Vala\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lehigh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041684717911,"sku":"9781611463255","price":32.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781611463255.jpg?v=1750951292","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/christian-social-activism-and-rule-of-law-in-chinese-societies-9781611463255","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}