The Christianizing the Home Movement: Dissemination of Chinese Christian Family Ideals, 1922–1940

The ecumenical National Christian Council of China (ncc) was the institutional home to an important religious and social campaign: the Christianizing the Home Movement. This article traces the development of this movement from the ncc’s founding in 1922 until the Second World War disrupted its activ...

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Main Author: O’Keefe, Amy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2021, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 216-242
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B National Christian Council of China / Family life / Christian / Manner of living / Idealization / Campaign / History 1922-1940
RelBib Classification:CH Christianity and Society
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Transnational
B Christian family
B Christian Home
B Contextualization
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Summary:The ecumenical National Christian Council of China (ncc) was the institutional home to an important religious and social campaign: the Christianizing the Home Movement. This article traces the development of this movement from the ncc’s founding in 1922 until the Second World War disrupted its activity. This home- and family-centered movement was a site of female empowerment, and the expansive topics it addressed show women’s desires to serve and lead in a broad set of arenas. This article shows how the Chinese women who led the Christianizing the Home Movement built and shaped a movement and describes the nationwide network of leaders that carried it out, promoting an ideal of Christian family that was culturally informed and progressive.
ISSN:2214-3955
Contains:Enthalten in: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22143955-08020007