This book is the first to address the history and future of homegrown, mass Chinese Christianity. Drawing on a large collection of fresh sourcesâincluding contemporaneous accounts, diaries, memoirs, archival material, and interviewsâLian Xi traces the transformation of Protestant Christianity in twentieth-century China from a small, beleaguered âmissionaryâ church buffeted by antiforeignism to an indigenous popular religion energized by nationalism and millenarianism. Lian shows that, with a current membership that rivals that of the Chinese Communist Party, and the ability to galvanize Chinaâs millions into apocalyptic convulsion and messianic exuberance, the popular Christian movement channels the aspirations and the discontent of the masses and will play an important role in shaping the countryâs future.
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- English
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. In Search of Chinese Christianity
- 2. The Lightning out of the East
- 3. The Jesus Family
- 4. The Smitten Land
- 5. âElucidating the Wayâ
- 6. âFlame for Godâ: John Sung and the Bethel Band
- 7. Awaiting Rapture
- 8. The Indigenous Church Movement through War and Revolution
- 9. Cries in the Wilderness
- Afterword
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
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