1st Edition

Christian Values in Communist China

By Gerda Wielander Copyright 2013
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

This book argues that as new political and social values are formed in post-socialist China, Christian values are becoming increasingly embedded in the new post-socialist Chinese outlook. It shows how although Christianity is viewed in China as a foreign religion, promoted by Christian missionaries and as such at odds with the official position of the state, Christianity as a source of social and... Read more

1. An Introduction to Chinese Christianity Today – Key Questions and Issues  2. Christianity and China’s Moral Reconstruction  3. Christian Love and China’s ‘Harmonious Society’  4. Charity: Christian Love in Action?  5. Protestant and Online  6. Christian Intellectuals: Bridging the Gap?  7. Politics and the Transcendental  8. Christian Values in Communist China

Biography

Gerda Wielander is a Principal Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Westminster, UK.

"...the careful analysis of social and political values in relation to Christianity, and the interviews with Christian and intellectual leaders together comprise a valuable contribution to the understanding of the influences of Christian values in Chinese society today." - Fenggang Yang, Center on Religion and Chinese Society,
Purdue University, Sociology of Religion vol 76, no 4, December 2015

"Christian Values in Communist China" is an excellent introduction to Christianity and Christian values in China Today." - Thomas Harvey, Academic Dean of Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 2015