Christianity in China

Christianity has become the most practiced religion among the Chinese in America, but very little research exists on Chinese Christian churches. This book explores the subject from the inside, revealing how Chinese construct and reconstruct their identity -- as Christians, Americans, and Chinese -- in local congregations amid the radical pluralism of the late twentieth century. Today there are more than one thousand Chinese churches in the United States, most of them Protestant evangelical congregations, bringing together diasporic Chinese from diverse origins -- Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Southeast Asian countries. Fenggang Yang finds that despite the many tensions and conflicts that exist within these congregations, most individuals find ways to integrate creatively their evangelical Christian beliefs with traditional Chinese (mostly Confucian) values. The church becomes a place where they can selectively assimilate into American society while simultaneously preserving Chinese values and culture. Yang brings to this study unique experience as both participant and observer. Born in mainland China, he is a sociologist who converted to Christianity after coming to the United States. The heart of this book is an ethnographic study of a Chinese church, in Washington, D.C., where he became a member Yang draws upon interviews with members of this congregation while making comparisons with other churches throughout the United States. Chinese Christians in America is an important addition to the literature on the experience of "new" immigrant communities.

Christianity in China - Christianity in China has developed since at least the 7th century CE. The introduction of Nestorianism, a Christian sect, around 635 is considered by some to be the first entry of the Christian religion into China.

Catholicism in China - Catholicism in China has a long and complicated history. Christianity has existed in China in various forms since at least the Tang Dynasty in the eight century AD (For a full account of the history of Christianity in China up to contemporary times, see Christianity in China).

Nestorianism in China - The form of Christianity often called Nestorianism but better described as the Church of the East spread widely across the continent of Asia following the banishment and condemnation of Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, at the Council of Ephesus in 431. The belief system seemed to have entered China in the 7th century, according to historical records.

Protestantism in China - Protestant Christianity entered China in the early 19th century.

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Christianity Today - Christianity Today Jesus in Beijing An unreported tectonic shift is happening in global politics--and its driven by religion. Within the next thirty years, one-third of Chinas population could be Christian, making China one of the largest Christian nations in the world. And these Christians could also be Chinas leaders, guiding the largest economy in the world. What is happening in China, is what happened to the Roman Empire nearly two millennia ago. The results could be astonishing. Veteran reporter ...

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