Isbn: 9783319808246 - house church christianity in china: from rural preachers to city pastors (global diversities) (4 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book provides a significant new interpretation of China's rapid urbanization by analyzing its impact on the spread of Protestant Christianity in the People's Republic. Demonstrating how the transition from rural to urban churches has led to the creation of nationwide Christian networks, the author focuses on Linyi in Shandong Province.Using her unparalleled access as both ananthropologist and member of the congregation, shepresents a much-needed insider's view of the development, organization, operation and transformation of the region's unregistered house churches.Whilst most studies are concerned with the opposition of church and state, this work, by contrast, shows that in Linyi there is no clear-cut distinction between the official TSPM church and house churches. Rather, it is the urbanization of religion that is worthy of note and detailed analysis, an approach which the author also employs in investigating the role played by Christianity in Beijing. What she uncovers is the impact of newly-acquired urban aspirations for material goods, success and status on the reshaping of local Christian beliefs, practices and rites of passage. In doing so, she creates a thought-provoking account of religious life in China that will appeal to social anthropologists, sociologists,theologiansand scholars of China and its society.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. House Church Christianity in China | From Rural Preachers to City Pastors | Jie Kang | Taschenbuch | Global Diversities | x | Englisch | 2018 | Birkhäuser | EAN 9783319808246 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …