The Church as safe haven : : Christian governance in China / / edited by Lars Peter Laamann, Joseph Tse-Hei Lee.

• TeilnehmendeR: Laamann, Lars Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Christian Mission 55.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (346 pages).
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright page --; Dedication --; Preface: In Permanent Gratitude to R.G. Tiedemann --; Figures --; Notes on Contributors --; Christianity and Community Governance in Modern China /; Spirit / 靈: Filling a Cosmological Void --; Torch-Bearers of Modernity? Western Missionaries, Demonism and Exorcism in Modern China (1860s–1930s) /; Signs of Power: Christians’ Search for Certainty in Troubled Times (1906–1919) /; Buddhist-Christian Encounters: Robert Morrison and the Haichuang Buddhist Temple in Nineteenth-Century Canton /; Seeking Convergence: Richard Wilhelm, Wu Leichuan, and their Quest for a Shared Confucian-Christian Vision /; Intellect / 智: Christianizing Chinese Hearts and Minds --; Mission Education and New Opportunities: American Presbyterian Schools in Shandong Province /; Trained to Care: The Institutionalization of Nursing in Hong Kong (1887–1900) /; Patriotic Cooperation: Why was the Church-Run Border Service Department Established in Wartime China? /; Building a National Bible Society: The China Bible House and the Indigenization of Bible Work /; Body / 體: Christian Activism in Local Society --; Faith and Charity: Christian Disaster Management in 1920s Chaozhou /; Catholic Mission Stations in Northern China: Centers of Stability and Protection in Troubled Times /; Revive, Survive, and Divide: Rebuilding Seventh-Day Adventism in Wenzhou /; Back Matter --; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004383727
• ISSN: 0924-9389
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Lars Peter Laamann, Joseph Tse-Hei Lee.

The Church as Safe Haven conceptualizes the rise of Chinese Christianity as a new civilizational paradigm that encouraged individuals and communities to construct a sacred order for empowerment in modern China. Once Christianity enrooted itself in Chinese society as an indigenous religion, local congregations acquired much autonomy which enabled new religious institutions to take charge of community governance. Our contributors draw on newly-released archival sources, as well as on fieldwork observations investigating what Christianity meant to Chinese believers, how native actors built their churches and faith-based associations within the pre-existing social networks, and how they appropriated Christian resources in response to the fast-changing world. This book reconstructs the narratives of ordinary Christians, and places everyday faith experience at the center. Contributors are: Christie Chui-Shan Chow, Lydia Gerber, Melissa Inouye, Diana Junio, David Jong Hyuk Kang, Lars Peter Laamann, Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, George Kam Wah Mak, John R. Stanley, R. G. Tiedemann, Man-Shun Yeung.