China’s Urban Christians
A Light that Cannot be Hidden
by Brent Fulton
Paperback (No longer our product)
(December 2016)
ISBN: 9780718894474
Price: $29.00
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Based on close contact with Chinese Christians, this is an enlightening exploration of how the rapid urbanisation of Chinese society has affected the development of Christianity in modern China.
China’s Urban Christians: A Light at Cannot Be Hidden looks at how massive urbanization is redrawing not only the geographic and social landscape of China, but in the process is transforming China’s growing church as well. The purpose of this book is toexplore how Christians in China perceive the challenges posed by their new urban context and to examine their proposed means of responding to these challenges. Although not primarily political in nature, these challenges nonetheless illustrate the complex interplay between China’s Christian community and the Chinese party-state as it comes to terms with the continued growth and increasing prominence of Christianity in modern China.
- By (author) Brent Fulton
"As China continues to aggressively urbanise so does the church. This book provides well-considered, insightful information that helps those of us on the outside looking in to better understand the true state of the present-day church in China. A tremendous update that truly informs."Marvin J. Newell, Missio Nexus"The daily reality for Chinese Christians has completely changed and yet many in the West are still viewing the situation through an outdated lens. No one knows this better than Brent Fulton, who has spent a lifetime engaged with the subject. Fulton presents the rapidly changing church as it actually is. China's Urban Christians is compulsory reading for anyone trying to understand this extraordinary moment in the history of the global church."Rob Gifford, correspondent for The Economist, author of China Road"Looking beyond tensions between church and the Chinese Communist Party-state, this book superbly draws together scholarship and firsthand interviews in a highly readable fashion to present how today's most innovative Chinese Protestants are grappling with a wide range of complex issues. It shows that Christianity in China is far more nuanced than common black-and-white depictions of church-state conflict, even more complex than subtle greys could capture. If you read this book, you will marvel at the dazzling colours of a church in transformation."Carsten T. Vala, Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile"Compared to previous works on the growth of Christianity in China, this project makes two understanding contributions. Firstly, Tulton draws upon extensive research and uses first-hand data of urban Christians .... Secondly, Fulton faithfully depicts what it is like to live in a post-totalitarian regime that both suppressed civil society and seeks performance legitimacy through economic growth."Mary Li Ma, Ching Feng, 15.1-2 (2016)"This slim volume presents a highly readable study of urban church life in contemporary China. This short study is as good a place as any to begin to appreciate the vitality of Chinese urban Christianity." Chloe Starr, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Volume 69, Issue 2, 2018
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