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3 Questions: Migration and Public Theology in China
[…] this referring to? The title of the book The Chinese Exodus alludes to how ancient Israelites broke free from Pharaoh’s old regime, only to find themselves in new forms of spiritual slavery. Rural migrants in China now have residential mobility to freely move around and live in the cities, but in their freer life […]
ChinaSource Perspective
More Blessed to Receive
[…] they received much more than they contributed. As one long-time China worker put it, “They may have left China, but China has not left them.” They gained new friendships. They left with cherished memories and with new perspectives on themselves and what it means to be a follower of Christ in a land not […]
A Meeting of Minds
20 Years of Publishing ChinaSource
[…] professor Dr. Mel Lorentzen, who had served as associate director of The Billy Graham Center, facilitated the gathering. Mel steered the conversation toward the need for a new English-language journal to examine China’s growing global role from a Christian perspective, and the idea for the Journal was born. Julia Grosser, who was serving at […]
From Here to There
The Straight-Line Fallacy
[…] but also more similar politically and culturally. Former Los Angeles Times Beijing Bureau Chief James Mann dissected this narrative in his 2007 book, The China Fantasy ( New York: Viking). As his book title suggests, Mann viewed the engagement myth as fundamentally flawed in its straight-line view of the West’s relationship with China. Reflecting […]
Going Glocal in the Age of COVID-19
[…] learn about mission strategies in China they could have never envisioned, much less dreamed possible in China’s repressive political environment. Asian participants listened with empathy as their new friends in America related the loss and disorientation they were experiencing with the sudden onslaught of COVID-19. All sensed the Lord’s presence as they humbled themselves […]
Stopping the Spread
[…] Characteristics,” I am reminded again that, when it comes to equipping cross-cultural workers, there are no shortcuts. Language and culture learning takes time. So does nurturing a new generation of field-experienced leaders who are capable of directing newly formed indigenous agencies. While short-term teams and reliance on foreign support and training may appear to […]
Is China Rewriting the Bible?
[…] who are qualified to reinterpret or annotate scripture. The main task outlined here is one of training, not translation. Rather than a definitive mandate to produce a new Chinese Bible, the statement itself could be seen more as a tacit admission that the TSPM currently lacks sufficient resources to undertake such a project. Whether […]
The TSPM—Seeing Beyond History
[…] color perceptions of the movement both in China and abroad. As Vala notes, “The older Protestants outside the official churches passed on their memories, of course, to new generations of Protestants in the house churches, sustaining a narrative of the TSPM, its churches, and its leaders as fatally compromised by political power.” This enduring […]
Variations on a Theme
[…] In the eyes of some observers, China’s standalone urban churches represent the seeds of civil society. A hunger for leadership training from the West hints that a new kind of Christian leader is being formed in China. Our narratives envision a linear relationship between our China involvement and the church’s—and the nation’s—trajectory toward progress. […]
Mao’s Black Box: Resilience and Religious Revival in Wenzhou
A Book Review
Xiaoxuan Wang, Maoism and Grassroots Religion: The Communist Revolution and the Reinvention of Religious Life in China. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. Available on Amazon. After touring China in the early 1980s, Christian radio personality Carl Lawrence wrote about the Christians he met during his travels. His book, titled The Church in China: How It Survives […]