From “Children of the Devil” to “Sons of God”: The Reconfiguration of Guanxi in a Twentieth-Century Indigenous Chinese Protestant Group

Guanxi is the Chinese system of ideas and practices constituting social relationships and can be considered the foundation of Chinese societies. Protestant Christianity spread over guanxi networks from its first introduction to China, changing both guanxi and Christianity in the process. This paper...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zimmerman-Liu, Teresa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Brill 2017
In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2017, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 59-86
Further subjects:B 關係
B 文化處境化
B cultural contextualization
B Chinese Protestantism
B Guanxi
B Local Church
B 中國新教
B 地方教會
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

MARC

LEADER 00000caa a22000002 4500
001 156224888X
003 DE-627
005 20220604142817.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 170808s2017 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1163/22143955-00401004  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)156224888X 
035 |a (DE-576)492248885 
035 |a (DE-599)BSZ492248885 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rakwb 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Zimmerman-Liu, Teresa  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a From “Children of the Devil” to “Sons of God”  |b The Reconfiguration of Guanxi in a Twentieth-Century Indigenous Chinese Protestant Group 
264 1 |c 2017 
300 |a Online-Ressource 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a Guanxi is the Chinese system of ideas and practices constituting social relationships and can be considered the foundation of Chinese societies. Protestant Christianity spread over guanxi networks from its first introduction to China, changing both guanxi and Christianity in the process. This paper proposes a causal model of guanxi and then analyzes how it was reconstituted in the indigenous Chinese Protestant group, the Local Churches. It is based on published writings by Local Church founders and members and on the author’s thirty years of experience with the group. This case contributes to the academic understanding of guanxi and Chinese Christianity, finding that extension of family, supply of resources, and social interaction are the core aspects of guanxi, but that specific practices change in the Christian context to preserve biblical commandments. Because guanxi networks are bonding rather than bridging, Chinese Christian groups will tend to diverge more than they converge. 
601 |a Protestant 
650 4 |a Chinese Protestantism 
650 4 |a cultural contextualization 
650 4 |a Guanxi 
650 4 |a Local Church 
650 4 |a 關係 
650 4 |a 中國新教 
650 4 |a 文化處境化 
650 4 |a 地方教會 
773 0 8 |i In  |t Review of Religion and Chinese Society  |d Leiden : Brill, 2014  |g 4(2017), 1, Seite 59-86  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)787020354  |w (DE-600)2772399-9  |w (DE-576)407567380  |x 2214-3955  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:4  |g year:2017  |g number:1  |g pages:59-86 
856 4 0 |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22143955-00401004  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
935 |a mteo 
936 u w |d 4  |j 2017  |e 1  |h 59-86 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 2977106456 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 156224888X 
LOK |0 005 20170808151710 
LOK |0 008 170808||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a bril 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL