Tag: Statistics

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Grappling with Multiple Identities

When faced with various identities in a complicated world, how might Christians understand and respond to potential conflicts?

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Transpacific Transposition: 1965 to Present

History of Chinese Christianity in North America (3)

The author brings us to the present by giving five factors that since 1965 have created the awakening and dominance of independent-minded and indigenous evangelicalism in North American Chinese Christianity.

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How Many Christians in China? Preferred Estimates, Part 3

What is your current best estimate of how many Christians there are in China, and how did you arrive at that number?

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How Many Christians in China? Preferred Estimates, Part 2

What is your current best estimate of how many Christians there are in China, and how did you arrive at that number?

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How Many Christians in China? Preferred Estimates, Part 1

What is your current best estimate of the number of Christians in China, and how do you arrive at that estimate?

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When Counting Is Hard … in China (1)

Considerations

Why is it so hard to estimate congregation size in China?

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A Look in the Mirror

Research and the Indigenous Church

How are Chinese researchers approaching the complex issues facing the Chinese church?

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Religion in China—By the Numbers

Some interesting statistics from the new government White Paper on religious belief and practice in China. 

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Explaining China’s “Religious Awakening”

Rodney Stark and Xiuhua Wang’s new book, A Star in the East, combines data from a major study on religion in China conducted during the past decade together with keen sociological insights in order to explain the factors behind China’s phenomenal church growth.