TY  - BOOK
AU  - Faries,Nathan
TI  - The "inscrutably Chinese" church: how narratives and nationalism continue to divide Christianity 
SN  - 9780739139592
AV  - BR1288 .F37 2010eb
U1  - 275.1/082 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Christianity
KW  - China
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Chine
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Church history
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Histoire religieuse
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: "inscrutably Chinese" narratives -- The "true face" of the Chinese church -- National narratives from outside China -- National narratives from within China -- Missionary stories from the past -- "Missionary" stories from contemporary China -- Literary narratives from before China's reform era -- Foreign travelers in the new China -- Chinese-American voices and living White males -- Pre-modern and modern literature -- Reform era writers test the waters -- Shi Tiesheng and Bei Cun dive into the deep end -- The narratives of Chinese Christianity -- Conclusion: cause for hope amid unresolved tensions
N2  - The first half of the twenty-first century promises to be a time of great change for the Christian church in the PeopleOs Republic of China. The situation is complex and fluid, and the information gap between those on the inside and those outside of China is still significant, though shrinking. The OInscrutably ChineseO Church moves readers nearer to the Chinese Christian experience, as Nathan Faries helps foreign readers to see with greater clarity just how Chinese Christians view their government and themselves in relation to those ruling powers. There still exists a measure of inscrutability about China and its complex relationship with religion that must be explained to the outsider. It is this gap in understanding_between insider points of view within China and those outsiders seeking knowledge about the Christian faith in China_that Faries seeks to close
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