After Imperialism
Christian Identity in China and the Global Evangelical Movement
Published on 26. April 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-7188-9257-9 (ISBN)
Description
Is the Church merely a Western institution? Where does Christianity fit in with Chinese identity? Does Chinese Evangelism detract from Chinese culture? This collection of essays addresses Christian Evangelism within a historical context to China's diverse character, and explores prejudices and reactions to the evangelical movement throughout China. The contributors of this volume are committed to the belief that evangelicalism continues to have the historical assets and intellectual, hermeneutical and theological, tools able to contribute to the global church.
Reviews / Votes
'This volume helpfully outlines some ways in which imperial readings of the Bible and Christian history have led to the inexcusable importation of Western divisions into Chinese church life.'Lawrence Braschi, Church Times, 30 November 2012
'[David Pao's work] opens a way to overcome missionary paralysis for fear of propagating or capitulating to neo-colonialism.'
Beau Pihlaja, Theological Book Review, Volume 24, No 2, 2012
"After Imperialism is good in pointing out the pietistic and dispensational views of many of the unregistered churches and the false Western expectation that the growing church in China has political democracy as part of its vision."
Ray Porter, Evangelicals Now, August 2013
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
James Clarke & Co Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
383 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7188-9257-9 (9780718892579)
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Richard R. Cook | David W. Pao
After Imperialism
Christian Identity in China and the Global Evangelical Movement
E-Book
05/2012
Lutterworth Press
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Persons
The Editors: Richard R. Cook, Associate Professor of Mission History and Global Christianity at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois.
David W. Pao, Professor of New Testament and Chair of the New Testament Department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois.
David W. Pao, Professor of New Testament and Chair of the New Testament Department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois.
Content
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction / Richard R. Cook and David W. Pao
Abbreviations
1 Modern Evangelicalism and Global Christian Identity: Promise and Peril as Seen through the Eyes of a North American Church Historian / Douglas A. Sweeney
2 Missions, Cultural Imperialism, and the Development of the Chinese Church / Ka Lun Leung
3 Overcoming Missions Guilt: Robert Morrison, Liang Fa, and the Opium Wars / Richard R. Cook
4 Chinese Evangelicals and Social Concerns: A Historical and Comparative Review / Kevin Xiyi Yao
5 The Old Testament in Its Cultural Context: Implications of 'Contextual Criticism' for Chinese and North American Christian Identity / K. Lawson Younger Jr.
6 'Holy War' and the Universal God: Reading the Old Testament Holy War Texts in a Biblical-Theological and Postcolonial Setting / Tremper Longman III
7 'Holy War' and the Universal God: Reading the New Testament Conquest Accounts in a Postcolonial Setting / David W. Pao
8 The Group and the Individual in Salvation: The Witness of Paul / Frank Thielman
9 Boundaries in 'In-Christ Identity': Paul's View on Table Fellowship and Its Implications for Ethnic Identities / Maureen W. Yeung
10 'Who Am I?' Theology and Identity for Children of the Dragon / Robert J. Priest
11 Chinese Contextual Theology: A Possible Reconstruction? / David Y. T. Lee
12 Forging Evangelical Identity: Integration of Models of Theological Education in the Global Context / Carver T. Yu
Acknowledgments
Introduction / Richard R. Cook and David W. Pao
Abbreviations
1 Modern Evangelicalism and Global Christian Identity: Promise and Peril as Seen through the Eyes of a North American Church Historian / Douglas A. Sweeney
2 Missions, Cultural Imperialism, and the Development of the Chinese Church / Ka Lun Leung
3 Overcoming Missions Guilt: Robert Morrison, Liang Fa, and the Opium Wars / Richard R. Cook
4 Chinese Evangelicals and Social Concerns: A Historical and Comparative Review / Kevin Xiyi Yao
5 The Old Testament in Its Cultural Context: Implications of 'Contextual Criticism' for Chinese and North American Christian Identity / K. Lawson Younger Jr.
6 'Holy War' and the Universal God: Reading the Old Testament Holy War Texts in a Biblical-Theological and Postcolonial Setting / Tremper Longman III
7 'Holy War' and the Universal God: Reading the New Testament Conquest Accounts in a Postcolonial Setting / David W. Pao
8 The Group and the Individual in Salvation: The Witness of Paul / Frank Thielman
9 Boundaries in 'In-Christ Identity': Paul's View on Table Fellowship and Its Implications for Ethnic Identities / Maureen W. Yeung
10 'Who Am I?' Theology and Identity for Children of the Dragon / Robert J. Priest
11 Chinese Contextual Theology: A Possible Reconstruction? / David Y. T. Lee
12 Forging Evangelical Identity: Integration of Models of Theological Education in the Global Context / Carver T. Yu