Author: Lin Lijun

Contextualizing transnational Chinese Christianity : a relational approach
Date2024
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CollectionRicci Institute Library
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LanguageEnglish
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Call NumberF1419.A84 C36 2024
Description13 p.
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"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).

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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.
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SubjectChina--Emigration and immigration Overseas Chinese (Huaqiao 華僑)--Europe Chinese Christians--Europe