Overseas Chinese Christians in contemporary China : : religion, mobility, and belonging / / Sin Wen Lau.
"Overseas Chinese Christians in Contemporary China explores how diasporic Chinese understandings of what it means to be Chinese is changing in post-1979 China. Ethnographically, it focuses on overseas Chinese Christian business people residing in Shanghai. Hyper-mobile, well-educated, and finan...
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Lau, Sin Wen, author. Overseas Chinese Christians in contemporary China : religion, mobility, and belonging / Sin Wen Lau. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] ©2020 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Chinese Overseas ; 16 Includes bibliographical references and index. Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Text -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Bridge-Builders or Pragmatic Capitalists -- 2 Working Religion -- 3 Traction -- 4 Shanghai: a Globalising Marketplace -- 5 Bites of Traction -- 1 Family -- 1 Rhythms of Tension -- 2 A Moral Pact -- 3 Brother Soh: "We Always Go Back to God for Final Guidance" -- 4 Sister Soh: "If God Wants Me to Be Here, This Place Is My Home" -- 5 Tsu Min: "If You're Not Adaptable, You Can't Stay in a Foreign Place for a Long Time" -- 6 Conclusion -- 2 Place -- 1 Moving beyond Native Place -- 2 Centring Place -- 3 A Home in Mobility Given by and for God -- 4 Mediating Global Capitalism by Inscribing a Sacred Frame -- 5 Connecting a Christian Territory within State Regulations -- 6 Emplacement by Appropriating an Indigenous Christian History -- 7 Conclusion -- 3 Community -- 1 Restructuring Community among Other Chinese -- 2 Circle of Joy -- 3 Maintaining Class -- 4 Discordant Politics -- 5 Jockeying Around Race -- 6 Perpetuating the Circle of Joy -- 7 Conclusion -- 4 Citizenship -- 1 Accumulated Experiences of Citizenship -- 2 Religious Citizenship as a Mode of Migrant Incorporation -- 3 Embarking on a Business Mission Planned by God -- 4 Law-Abiding Residents Working with the Chinese State -- 5 Reformatting Values and Transforming Business as National Contribution -- 6 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. Description based on print version record. "Overseas Chinese Christians in Contemporary China explores how diasporic Chinese understandings of what it means to be Chinese is changing in post-1979 China. Ethnographically, it focuses on overseas Chinese Christian business people residing in Shanghai. Hyper-mobile, well-educated, and financially secure, these elites adopt a long-term view of their time in the country. This study examines how these elites put Christianity to work mediating their hopes, fears, and obligations in order to illuminate the ways in which this overseas Chinese experience departs from existing academic models of diasporic Chinese as either bridge-builders or pragmatic capitalists. By focusing on religion, this study offers novel insights into how overseas Chinese are making a place for themselves in a globalising and increasingly powerful China"-- Provided by publisher. Noncitizens China. Chinese Foreign countries Ethnic identity. Christians China. China Ethnic relations. China Social conditions 1976-2000. China Social conditions 2000- 9004438556 Chinese Overseas ; 16. |
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Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Text -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Bridge-Builders or Pragmatic Capitalists -- 2 Working Religion -- 3 Traction -- 4 Shanghai: a Globalising Marketplace -- 5 Bites of Traction -- 1 Family -- 1 Rhythms of Tension -- 2 A Moral Pact -- 3 Brother Soh: "We Always Go Back to God for Final Guidance" -- 4 Sister Soh: "If God Wants Me to Be Here, This Place Is My Home" -- 5 Tsu Min: "If You're Not Adaptable, You Can't Stay in a Foreign Place for a Long Time" -- 6 Conclusion -- 2 Place -- 1 Moving beyond Native Place -- 2 Centring Place -- 3 A Home in Mobility Given by and for God -- 4 Mediating Global Capitalism by Inscribing a Sacred Frame -- 5 Connecting a Christian Territory within State Regulations -- 6 Emplacement by Appropriating an Indigenous Christian History -- 7 Conclusion -- 3 Community -- 1 Restructuring Community among Other Chinese -- 2 Circle of Joy -- 3 Maintaining Class -- 4 Discordant Politics -- 5 Jockeying Around Race -- 6 Perpetuating the Circle of Joy -- 7 Conclusion -- 4 Citizenship -- 1 Accumulated Experiences of Citizenship -- 2 Religious Citizenship as a Mode of Migrant Incorporation -- 3 Embarking on a Business Mission Planned by God -- 4 Law-Abiding Residents Working with the Chinese State -- 5 Reformatting Values and Transforming Business as National Contribution -- 6 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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