New PDF release: Christianity and Chinese Culture

The swiftly transforming into chinese language Protestant Church faces an important problem: it needs to adapt itself to the original dimensions of chinese language tradition, forsaking the path of outdated missionary theology and molding an authentically chinese language method of biblical interpretation and Christian existence — an process that works inside of either the normal and the modern dimensions of chinese language society. emerging from a rare 2003 Sino-Nordic convention on chinese language contextual theology — which introduced chinese language collage students and church theologians jointly for the 1st time — Christianity and chinese language tradition addresses ways that the church in China is responding to that problem. The essays accumulated right here spotlight either the beautiful complexities confronting Protestant Christianity in China and its amazing power. “This is a so much well timed booklet at the present matters and study on Christianity and chinese language tradition within the PRC — formerly unavailable in English. The checklist of students within the assortment reads like a Who’s Who? in Christian stories in China, together with either secular lecturers and Christian theologians. the ultimate half on ‘theological reconstruction’ is of specific curiosity, given its value for the Protestant church buildings within the final decade. This booklet will be at the shelf of any pupil drawn to the subject.” — Edmond Tang Director, East Asian Christian reports collage of Birmingham, united kingdom individuals: Zhao Dunhua, Zhang Qingxiong, Diane B. Obenchain, Svein upward thrust, He Guanghu, Wan Junren, Lo Ping-cheung, You Bin, He Jianming, Lai Pan-chiu, Jorgen Skov Sorensen, Jyri Komulainen, Gao Shining, Zhuo Xinping, Notto R. Thelle, Yang Huilin, Thor Strandenaes, Li Pingye, Vladimir Fedorov, Wang Xiaochao, Choong Chee Pang, Zhang Minghui, Li Qiuling, Fredrik Fällman, Birger Nygaard, Deng Fucun, Chen Xun, Gerald H. Anderson, Zhu Xiaohong, sunlight Yi, Chen Yongtao, Lin Manhong, Wu Xiaoxin.