1st Edition

Political Theology in Chinese Society

Edited By Joshua Mauldin Copyright 2024
270 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides an itinerary for studying political theology in Chinese society, including mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It explores the changing role of religion in Chinese history, from the rise of Buddhism alongside Confucianism and Daoism, through the arrival of Christianity and Islam, to the suppression of religion under communism. Since the reform and opening period beginning in... Read more

Part 1  Historical Perspectives

1. A New Interpretation of Classical Confucian Political Philosophy

Chung-Yi Cheng

2. Christianity, Politics, and the "Century of Humiliation"

Alexander Chow

3. Protestantism in Twentieth-century China: Social, Political, and Theological Developments

Christopher White

4. Politics of Religion under Maoism

Xiaoxuan Wang

5. Buddhism and Politics in Hong Kong: A Study of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association before 1997

Yu Xue

Part 2  Contemporary Analyses

6. Tripartite Control of Religion: Reconceptualizing State–Religion Relations in China

Jieren Hu and Joshua Mauldin

7. Worship Bricolage and the Characterization of Protestant Congregations in Contemporary China

Mark McLeister

8. Theological Paternalism: Politics of Bearing through Emergency Time in Muslim China

Ruslan Yusupov

9. Theology and Politics in Taiwan

Samuel H.H. Chiow

Part 3  Constructive Approaches

10. A Politics of (Re-)existence:  Christianity and Social Protest in Hong Kong

Lap Yan Kung

11. Hearing the Context: Political Theology in Post-2019 Hong Kong

Celine S. Yeung

12. Christ, Man, and Woman: An Attempt to Understand 1 Corinthians 11:3–15

Jing Cheng

13. Confucian "Pragmatic Ethics" and the "Ruler–People" (-) Relationship: A Comparative Perspective of Confucian Political Wisdom

Haiming Wen

 

Biography

Joshua Mauldin is Associate Director of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey.