1st Edition

Christianity and the State in Asia Complicity and Conflict

Edited By Julius Bautista, Francis Khek Gee Lim Copyright 2009
232 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Christianity is one of the most rapidly growing religions in Asia. Despite the challenges of political marginalisation, church organisations throughout much of Asia are engaged in activities - such as charity, education and commentary on public morality - that may either converge or conflict with the state's interests. Considering Christianity’s growing prominence, and the various ways Asian... Read more

1. Introduction: Christianity and the State in Asia: Complicity and Conflict Julius Bautista and Francis Khek Gee Lim  2. Evangelism, the State, and Subjectivity Bryan S. Turner  3. Is Protestant Conversion a Form of Protest? Urban and Upland Protestants in Southeast Asia Oscar Salemink  4. Postwar Japanese Christian Historians, Democracy, and the Problem of Wartime "Christianity on Japanese Terms" Gregory Vanderbilt  5. Negotiating ‘Foreignness’, Localizing Faith: Tibetan Catholicism in the Yunnan-Tibet Borderlands Francis Khek Gee Lim  6. Conversions, Complicity and the State in Post-Independence India Bhagwan Josh  7. Transcending the Local: Chinese Indonesians, the State, and Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity Juliette Koning  8. The Issue of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines: The Roman Catholic Church and the Philippine Government Digna B. Apilado  9. Christian Reactions to Government-led Cremation in South Korea Park Chang-Won  10. Subject to Kings, Presidents, Rulers and Magistrates Greg D. Peterson  11. Christianity in Singapore: The Voice of Conscience? Mathews Mathew  12. About Face: Asian Christianity in the Context of Southern Expansion Julius Bautista

Biography

Francis Khek Gee Lim is Assistant Professor in the Division of Sociology, Nanyang Technological University. He is the author of Imagining the Good Life: Negotiating Culture and Development in Nepal Himalaya, and has published in a number of international refereed journals. His research interests include religion, tourism, and globalization.

Julius Bautista is an anthropologist and is Lecturer at the Southeast Asian Studies Programme, the National University of Singapore (NUS). He concurrently holds a Visiting Fellowship at the Asia Research Institute, NUS, and has published on topics on Philippine religion and culture in various scholarly forums. His broader interests include material religion and diasporic identity in Southeast Asia.