Unfinished History
Christianity and the Cold War in East Asia
- 284 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This is the first collection of essays to discuss the impact of the Cold War (1945-1990) on Christianity in East Asia. In historical overviews, case studies and theological reflections, scholars from Asia, Europe and North America explore the variety of ways in which the Cold War has shaped the churches' involvement in society, politics and culture. The Cold War continues to have an impact the Korean peninsula, in Greater China and throughout the region. Churches are challenged to address the issues of the past that affect Christian life today.[Die in diesem Band gesammelten Aufsätze setzen sich erstmals aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven mit den Auswirkungen des Kalten Krieges (1945-1990) auf das Christentum in Ostasien auseinander. In geschichtlichen Übersichten, Fallbeispielen und theologischen Erörterungen erkunden Wissenschaftler aus Asien, Europa und Nordamerika die vielfältigen Wege in denen er das Engagement der Kirchen in Gesellschaft, Politik und Kultur beeinflußt hat. Der Kalte Krieg wirkt auf der Koreanischen Halbinsel, China und vielen anderen Ländern der Region noch stets nach. Die Kirchen sind herausgefordert, sich diesem geschichtlichem Erbe zu stellen, das Auswirkungen bis in das christliche Leben heute hat.]
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Impressum
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Religion and US Policy toward China during the Early Cold War
- Changing Perceptions and Interpretations of the Cold War – A Case Study of the National Christian Council of China,1945-1949
- “Cold War Religion” and the Protestant Churches in East Asia and the West
- The Survival of the “Instrument”– A Case Study of the Christian Church in Shantou during the Cold War
- Voices from the Bamboo Curtain – A Study of the Audience Response to the Christian Broadcasting in Maoist China (1959-1968)
- The Cold War and Beyond: The Chinese Christian Diaspora’s Image of the Communist Party of China and the Politics of Identification –The Case of Xie Fuya
- A Catholic “Disturbance” in Taiyuan Diocese, Shanxi Province, 1965
- Crossing the Bamboo Curtain –The Japanese Christian Delegation to the Chinese Church in 1957
- Political Ideology and Theological Rhetoric – The Case of the True Jesus Church in Taiwan in the Cold War (1945-1990)
- Churches in the Divided Nation – An Analysis of the Korean Christianity Structured by the Cold War System, 1945-1990
- The Korean War – Different Responses from the World Council of Churches, Chinese Churches, and Korean Churches
- Another Child of Conflict – Korean Minjung Theology and the Cold War in Asia
- Afterword
- List of Contributors
- Appendix
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