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Religious entrepreneurism in China's urban house churches : the rise and fall of Early Rain Reformed Presbyterian Church
- Title
- Religious entrepreneurism in China's urban house churches : the rise and fall of Early Rain Reformed Presbyterian Church / Li Ma.
- Author
- Ma, Li (Sociologist)
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- [xviii], 242 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This book offers a unique historical documentation of the development of the ambitious religious entrepreneurism by leaders of the Early Rain church (and later Western China Reformed Presbytery leadership), in an effort to gain social influence in China through local institution-building and global public image management. It unravels the social processes of how this Christian community with a public image of defending religious freedom in China was undermined by an internal loss of moral authority. Based on publicly available texts from Chinese social media that aren't readily available in the West as well as in-depth interviews, it is framed by existing scholarship in social theories of the public sphere, charismatic domination in social transition, and the role of power in organizational behaviour. These churches' stories show how Christianity, which has long been politically marginalized in communist China, has not only adapted and challenged the socio-political status quo, but how it was also ironically shaped by the political culture. This is an insightful and critical ethnographic study of one of modern China's most famous house churches. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of religion in China as well as those working in religious studies, Asian studies, Chinese studies, and mission studies more generally. --
- Series Statement
- Routledge studies in religion
- Uniform Title
- Routledge studies in religion.
- Alternative Title
- Early Rain Reformed Presbyterian Church
- Subjects
- House churches
- China
- Christianity
- Communism and Christianity
- Church history
- House churches > China > History
- Entrepreneurship > Religious aspects
- Entrepreneurship > China > Religious aspects
- History
- China > Church history > 21st century
- China > Chengdu
- 2000-2099
- Christianity > China > Chengdu
- Communism and Christianity > China
- Genre/Form
- Church history.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-1818
- ISBN
- 9780367221713
- 0367221713
- OCLC
- 1091695429
- Author
- Ma, Li (Sociologist), author.
- Title
- Religious entrepreneurism in China's urban house churches : the rise and fall of Early Rain Reformed Presbyterian Church / Li Ma.
- Publisher
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Routledge studies in religionRoutledge studies in religion.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Biography
- Li Ma is currently a research fellow at the Henry Institute of Christianity and Public Life at Calvin College, USA. She is the author of three books, including Surviving the State, Remaking the Church (with Jin Li) and The Chinese Exodus, and Towards Aslan's Kingdom: A Guide to The Chronicles of Narnia (with Jin Li). She holds a PhD in sociology from Cornell University.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-1818