Fragrant Flowers Bloom
T. C. Chao, Bliss Wiant and the Contextualization of Hymns in Twentieth Century China
1st Edition
Published in November 2015
274 pages
978-3-374-04371-2 (ISBN)
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The term ContactZone was coined in postcolonial discourse to signify the place where cultures and religions meet. It implies that first contact, cultural-religious exchange and conflict have always been determined by power-relations. Making use of communication theories, hermeneutics and aesthetics intercultural theology generates new terminologies and theoretical tools to explore these interactions. Its scope ranges from issues such as dialogue and syncretism to fundamentalism and ethnicity. Perspectives of culture, religion, race, class, gender and inclusion alike are involved in the necessary multi-axial approach. ContactZone creates a space where a choir of multiple voices is responding to the challenges of cultural religious pluralism, rethinking theology in the 21st century.
The series comprises monographs (incl. PhD dissertations) and anthologies (incl. conference proceedings).
[Der Begriff ContactZone wurde im postkolonialen Diskurs geprägt, um den Ort zu kennzeichnen, an dem Kulturen und Religionen aufeinandertreffen. Er impliziert, das Erster Kontakt, kulturell-religiöser Austausch und Konflikt immer auch durch Machtverhältnisse bestimmt werden. Unter Zuhilfenahme von Kommunikationstheorien, Hermeneutik und Ästhetik entwickelt Interkulturelle Theologie neue Terminologien und ein theoretisches Instrumentarium, um diese Interaktionsprozesse zu erforschen. Ihr Spektrum reicht dabei von Themen wie Dialog und Synkretismus bis zu Fundamentalismus und Ethnizität. Perspektiven wie Kultur, Religion, Rasse, Klasse, Gender und Inklusion sind gleichermaßen in diese notwendigerweise multi-axiale Herangehensweise involviert. ContactZone kreiert einen Raum, in dem ein Chor vielfältiger Stimmen auf die Herausforderungen des kulturell-religiösen Pluralismus im 21. Jahrhundert reagiert.
Die Serie umfasst Monographien (einschliesslich Doktorarbeiten) und Sammelbände.]
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 11
Chapter One
Prelude: The Contextualization of Chinese Hymnody in the 19th and Early 20th centuries
1. The Promotion of the Contextualization of Chinese Hymnody in the 19th Century by Western Missionaries 31
2. The Rise of the Contextualized Hymns by Chinese Themselves in the Early 20th Century 44
3. The Reflection and Debate on the Texts and Music for Chinese Contextualized Hymns in the Mid-1930s 48
Chapter Two
Variation on a Theme: T. C. Chao's Contextualized Translation of the Texts of Christian Fellowship Hymns (?????, 1931)
1. The Origin and Writing of Christian Fellowship Hymns 61
2. T. C. Chao's View of and Methods for Hymn Translation 71
3. T. C. Chao's Contextualized Hymnological Translation for the Trinity 79
4. T. C. Chao's Contextualized Translation for Christian Fellowship Hymns 99
Chapter Three
Hymn Writing and Contextual Theology: T. C. Chao's Duet in Composing the Lyrics in Hymns for the People (?????, 1931)
1. The Origin and the Writing of Hymns for the People 109
2. Text of Hymns for the People and Chao's Early Theological Thought on Holy Trinity 114
3. T. C. Chao's Ten Principles for Hymn Writing and their Relationship to his Theological Thought 128
4. Dialogue between the Texts of Hymns for the People and the Contextualization of Chinese Hymnology 143
Chapter Four
"Using Old Chinese Tunes as New Music for the Present": Hymns for the People and Contextualized Music for Chinese Hymns in the 1930s
1. "This is the Ambition of My Life": Bliss Wiant and His Indissoluble Bond with Chinese Sacred Music 151
2. Bliss Wiant's Research on Chinese Music Compared with that of Other Western Missionaries 160
3. "A New Song for China": The Contextualized Music in Hymns for the People 172
4. A "Paradox": A New Insight for the Music Preaching Strategy in the Chinese Christian Movement 190
Chapter Five
Cadenzas: Towards Chinese Contextualized Hymnody in the 1930s: Influences and Comparisons
1. The Two Chao/Wiant Hymnals and their Influences on Hymns of Universal Praise (1936) 197
2. Brief Comparisons with Hymns of Other Indigenous/Independent Churches in the 1930s 214
3. Glocalization: A Perspective for the Investigation of Contextualized Hymns in the 1920s and 1930s 221
Conclusion 227
Bibliography 241
Curriculum Vitae 274
