Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Liu, Jifeng (1984-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Negotiating the Christian past in China [Texte imprimé] : memory and missions in contemporary Xiamen / Jifeng Liu

Publication : University Park (Pa.) : The Pennsylvania State University Press, copyright 2022

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xvii-233 pages) : illustrations, cartes ; 24 cm

Collection : World Christianity

Lien à la collection : World Christianity  Voir toutes les notices liées

Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"At the turn of the twenty-first century, Xiamen's pursuit of World Heritage Site designation from UNESCO stimulated considerable interest in the city's Christian past. History enthusiasts, both Christian and non-Christian, devoted themselves to reinterpreting the legacy of missionaries and challenged official narratives of Christianity's troubled associations with Western imperialism. In this book, Jifeng Liu documents the tension that has inevitably emerged between the established official history and these popular efforts. This volume elucidates the ways in which Christianity has become an integral part of Xiamen, a Chinese city profoundly influenced by Western missionaries. Drawing on extensive interviews, locally produced histories, and observations of historical celebrations, Liu provides an intimate portrait of the people who navigate ideological issues to reconstruct a Christian past, reproduce religious histories, and redefine local power structures in the shadow of the state. Liu makes a compelling argument that a Christian past is being constructed that combines official frameworks, unofficial practices, and nostalgia into social memory, a realm of dynamic negotiation that is neither dominated by the authoritarian state nor characterized by popular resistance. In this way, Negotiating the Christian Past in China illustrates the complexities of memory and missions in shaping the city's cultural landscape, church-state dynamics, and global aspirations. This groundbreaking study assumes a perspective of globalization and localization, in both the past and the present, to better understand Chinese Christianity in a local, national, and global context. It will be welcomed by scholars of religious studies and world Christianity, and by those interested in the church-state relationship in China."

Sujet(s) : Christianisme -- Mémoire collective -- Xiamen (Chine) -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Christianisme -- Société -- Xiamen (Chine) -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Christianisme -- Missions -- Xiamen (Chine) -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Église et État -- Xiamen (Chine) -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  275.1 (23e éd.) = Église chrétienne - Chine  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780271092874 (rel.). - ISBN 0271092874 (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb47097643x

Notice n° :  FRBNF47097643 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Xiamen history, society, and Christianity ; Discursive reversals on Western missionaries ; The passing of glory ; Writing and contesting Christian history ; Global missions meet local politics.