Author: Cao Nanlai 曹南來

Constructing China's Jerusalem : Christians, power, and place in contemporary Wenzhou
Date2011
Publish_locationStanford, CA
PublisherStanford University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
SeriesContemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific
ShelfDirector's Office
Call NumberBR1295.W46 C36 2011
Descriptionxii, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
NoteConstructing China's Jerusalem : Christians, power, and place in contemporary Wenzhou / Nanlai Cao.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : putting Christianity and capitalism in their place -- The rise of "boss Christians" and their engagements with state power -- Of manners, morals and modernity : cosmopolitan desires and the remaking of Christian identity -- The business of religion in the "Wenzhou model" of Christian revival -- Gendered agency, gender hierarchy and religious identity making -- Conversion to urban citizenship : rural migrant workers' participation in Wenzhou Christianity -- Conclusion : religious revivalism as a moral discourse of modernity.

SubjectWenzhou 溫州 (Zhejiang Sheng)--Church history Christianity--Social aspects--China--Wenzhou Shi Church growth--China--Wenzhou Shi Christianity and culture--China--Wenzhou Shi
Seriesfoo 111
ISBN9780804773607 ; 0804773602
LCCN2010014331
Contextualizing transnational Chinese Christianity : a relational approach
Date2024
Publish_location
Publisher
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeArticle (in Periodical)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberF1419.A84 C36 2024
Description13 p.
Note

"Contextualizing transnational Chinese Christianity : a relational approach" / Cao Nanlai 曹南來 and Lin Lijun.

Religions 15 (2024).

This article belongs to the Special Issue Expressions of Chinese Christianity in Texts and Contexts: In Memory of Our Mentor Professor R. G. Tiedemann (1941–2019).

Local access dig.pdf [Cao and Lin-Contextualizing transnational Chinese.pdf]

Abstract:

In recent years, the number of Chinese Christian organizations in Europe has grown considerably compared to other overseas Chinese community organizations. They can mobilize transnational networks and resources to expand religious space in host societies and form a highly visible social force. Although the rise of early Christianity in the Western world has been considered an outcome of inherent religious strength, especially in terms of its central doctrines and religious ethics, this article suggests that in the diasporic Chinese world where Christianity constitutes a non-indigenous religious tradition, social relatedness based on native place, family, and kinship ties provides a more useful context for understanding its dynamic expansion and cross-regional transmission. Drawing on anthropological fieldwork conducted in Europe among overseas Chinese Christian traders and entrepreneurs, this research seeks an alternative framework for understanding the religious-cultural dynamics of Chinese Christianity in the context of transnational migration.
SubjectChina--Emigration and immigration Overseas Chinese (Huaqiao 華僑)--Europe Chinese Christians--Europe