Teresa Zimmerman-Liu
Biographic Data
| ID | 1161026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Teresa Zimmerman-Liu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Teresa |
| FAMILY NAME | Zimmerman-Liu |
| SIGNATURE | ZIMMERMAN-LIU T |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Long Beach |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7766-2163 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Development and Dissemination of Pro-Environmental Dharma among Taiwan's Humanistic Buddhists
In the early 1990s, two of Taiwan's humanistic Buddhist groups-Buddhist Tzu Chi Compassionate Relief Foundation (Tzu Chi) and Dharma Drum Mountain (DDM)-began incorporating modern environmentalism as a major component in their religious teachings, practices, and behavioral norms. Neither group had been clearly pro-environmental before the 1990s, but Venerable Cheng Yen, the founding master of Tzu Chi, and Venerable Sheng Yen, the founding master …
What is in a Name? A Comparison of Being Branded a Religious Cult in the United States and the People's Republic of China
Religious beliefs are important in every society, and a study of them can enable scholars to better understand a society's norms and structures. Many social conflicts in the world today include a religious component and arise when religions spread to new areas through globalization. Understanding how different societies deal with religious conflict and controversial religious groups, especially in the context of global cultural flows, can provide…
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 proposes a causal model of guanxi and then analyzes how it was reconstituted in the indigenous Chinese Protestant group, the Local Churches. It is bas…
Atheist Political Activists Turned Protestants
Missing from the literature on state–society relations in post-Mao China is a detailed scholarly examination of what has happened to the activists who led the political protests in China during the 1980s, which culminated in the massive demonstrations of 1989. One particularly interesting development is that a large number of these political activists have, in the post-1989 period, become Protestant Christians. In general, these activists-turned-…
The Divine and Mystical Realm
Indigenous Chinese preacher Watchman Nee is considered to have had the greatest theological influence on China’s vibrant house church movement, yet there are few studies detailing his influence on church practices. This paper analyzes the writings of Watchman Nee and other Local Church members to show how Nee contextualized the message of Western missionaries to China, using subaltern strategies of returning to scriptural fundamentals and reducin…
Engaging and Evading the Party-State
Drawing on new data, this article examines the challenges and open spaces for unofficial Protestant groups in China’s Reform era. Findings show that four important factors have influenced the ability of unofficial Protestant leaders and groups to practise and grow within China’s post-Mao political environment: (i) the behaviour of Protestant groups in the face of official rules and restrictions; (ii) the geographic location of Protestant groups; …
The Development and Dissemination of Pro-Environmental Dharma among Taiwan's Humanistic Buddhists
In the early 1990s, two of Taiwan's humanistic Buddhist groups-Buddhist Tzu Chi Compassionate Relief Foundation (Tzu Chi) and Dharma Drum Mountain (DDM)-began incorporating modern environmentalism as a major component in their religious teachings, practices, and behavioral norms. Neither group had been clearly pro-environmental before the 1990s, but Venerable Cheng Yen, the founding master of Tzu Chi, and Venerable Sheng Yen, the founding master …
Atheist Political Activists Turned Protestants
Missing from the literature on state–society relations in post-Mao China is a detailed scholarly examination of what has happened to the activists who led the political protests in China during the 1980s, which culminated in the massive demonstrations of 1989. One particularly interesting development is that a large number of these political activists have, in the post-1989 period, become Protestant Christians. In general, these activists-turned-…
The Divine and Mystical Realm
Indigenous Chinese preacher Watchman Nee is considered to have had the greatest theological influence on China’s vibrant house church movement, yet there are few studies detailing his influence on church practices. This paper analyzes the writings of Watchman Nee and other Local Church members to show how Nee contextualized the message of Western missionaries to China, using subaltern strategies of returning to scriptural fundamentals and reducin…
Engaging and Evading the Party-State
Drawing on new data, this article examines the challenges and open spaces for unofficial Protestant groups in China’s Reform era. Findings show that four important factors have influenced the ability of unofficial Protestant leaders and groups to practise and grow within China’s post-Mao political environment: (i) the behaviour of Protestant groups in the face of official rules and restrictions; (ii) the geographic location of Protestant groups; …
The Divine and Mystical Realm
Indigenous Chinese preacher Watchman Nee is considered to have had the greatest theological influence on China’s vibrant house church movement, yet there are few studies detailing his influence on church practices. This paper analyzes the writings of Watchman Nee and other Local Church members to show how Nee contextualized the message of Western missionaries to China, using subaltern strategies of returning to scriptural fundamentals and reducin…
Atheist Political Activists Turned Protestants
Missing from the literature on state–society relations in post-Mao China is a detailed scholarly examination of what has happened to the activists who led the political protests in China during the 1980s, which culminated in the massive demonstrations of 1989. One particularly interesting development is that a large number of these political activists have, in the post-1989 period, become Protestant Christians. In general, these activists-turned-…
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 proposes a causal model of guanxi and then analyzes how it was reconstituted in the indigenous Chinese Protestant group, the Local Churches. It is bas…
What is in a Name? A Comparison of Being Branded a Religious Cult in the United States and the People's Republic of China
Religious beliefs are important in every society, and a study of them can enable scholars to better understand a society's norms and structures. Many social conflicts in the world today include a religious component and arise when religions spread to new areas through globalization. Understanding how different societies deal with religious conflict and controversial religious groups, especially in the context of global cultural flows, can provide…
The Development and Dissemination of Pro-Environmental Dharma among Taiwan's Humanistic Buddhists
In the early 1990s, two of Taiwan's humanistic Buddhist groups-Buddhist Tzu Chi Compassionate Relief Foundation (Tzu Chi) and Dharma Drum Mountain (DDM)-began incorporating modern environmentalism as a major component in their religious teachings, practices, and behavioral norms. Neither group had been clearly pro-environmental before the 1990s, but Venerable Cheng Yen, the founding master of Tzu Chi, and Venerable Sheng Yen, the founding master …
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · China (5 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Protestantism (4 works) · Religious studies (4 works)