Calvinist Public Theology in Urban China Today

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ID12838653
AuthorsAlexander Chow (0000-0002-3062-9307, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume8
Issue2
Pages158-175
Publication date2014-05-08
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Public Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1569-7320 • E-ISSN: 1872-5171
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15697320-12341340
OpenAlexW1973104202
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited2

Christianity in mainland China has often been characterized as a religion for the marginalized of society. However, since the 1990s, there has been a growing phenomenon within the country’s burgeoning urban metropolises with an increasing number of urban intellectuals converting to Protestantism. This article explores the theology of several representatives of these urban intellectual Christians who make use of the teachings of John Calvin and his followers. This article will show that there is a strong theological interest in engaging in the public sphere around subjects like the rule of law, constitutionalism and a civil society. Although the representatives cited in this article have been described as ‘Chinese New Calvinists’ or ‘Christian public intellectuals’, it is proposed here that a more appropriate understanding of this growing and significant group is as Chinese public theologians

China · Christianity · Constitutionalism · Democracy · Epistemology · Jewish studies · Judaism · Mainland China · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · Public sphere · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies · Religious Studies

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