From China with Faith: Sinicizing Christianity in Europe
This chapter explores the rise of Protestant Christianity in the Chinese diaspora in Europe as both a case of sinicization of Christianity and a unique religious product of China’s reform-era globalization. While lack of Christianity was once constructed as a moral argument to ban Chinese migration...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
Annual review of the sociology of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Pages: 20-36 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Chinese people
/ Protestantism
/ Inculturation
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KBA Western Europe KDD Protestant Church |
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| Summary: | This chapter explores the rise of Protestant Christianity in the Chinese diaspora in Europe as both a case of sinicization of Christianity and a unique religious product of China’s reform-era globalization. While lack of Christianity was once constructed as a moral argument to ban Chinese migration to the Christian West, in the current context of China’s aggressive business outreach and mass emigration Christianity has become a vital social force and moral resource in binding Chinese merchants in diaspora. Drawing on multisited fieldwork in France and Italy, my analysis links the rise of a sinicized Christianity in secular Europe with China’s business globalization by focusing on the cultural identity, agency, and moral imagination of Chinese Christians in a merchant diaspora. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annual review of the sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004443327_003 |