Special Issue: Chinese Christianity: From Society to Culture

[Qinghe XIAO]

More: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/TZS023L2K6

Special Issue Editor

 

Prof. Dr. Tiangang Li

Department of Religion, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

Interests: church history in China, both catholic and protestant; Jesuits’ contributions on intellectual perspective; popular religion of China; confucianism as religion

Special Issue Information

 

Dear Colleagues,

Since Nestorian came into China during the Tang Dynasty, and then Jesuits built a Catholic Church in the 16th century, Christianity has had a constant nationwide influence on China’s society and culture. For at least 400 years, Christianity, including the branches of Catholicism (with different orders), Protestantism (with different denominations) and the Russian Orthodox Church, has affected China’s process of modernization and globalization until today. Modern scholars from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Europe and America, in the fields of history, literature, philosophy and religion, have made impressive progress in the studies of Chinese Christianity. In this Special Issue, published in Religions, we propose that Christianity is not a foreign concept, but one of the most important factors in Chinese society and culture.

We are pleased to invite you to submit research to a Special Issue entitled “Chinese Christianity: From Society to Culture”, to demonstrate and promote the achievements of the research in this field.

To fit in our academic interests, the subject of the submitted papers may vary: conversions, conversations, communications, translations, accomondations or confrontations related Christian churches and organizations in China’s local society are all welcomed. Theological studies related to local society and culture are encouraged, as well as other topics. Articles which use multiple methodologies, such as anthropological, sociological or archival, are suitable too.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

1.  Jesuits’ contribution in translation and their role in the transition of Late Ming and Early Qing culture and society;
2.  Protestant missionaries’ activities and their effects on national, regional and local levels since the Late Qing period to modern day;
3. Christian communities and their relations with local society and culture;
4. Studies regarding the nativization or contextualization of theology, rite, architecture, arts and customs.

I am looking forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Tiangang Li
Guest Editor

Keywords

• jesuits
• protestant missionaries’ activities
• christian communities
• nativization
• contextualization of theology
• rite, architecture, arts, customs

Research

 

On the Literati’s Attitude to Western Learning in the Early Qing Dynasty: A Case Study on Dong Han (1626–?) and Notes in Three Hills

by Qinghe Xiao

Religions 2025, 16(6), 747; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16060747 - 9 Jun 2025

 

 

 

Spanish Dominican Fernández de Navarrete and the Chinese Rites Controversy

by Baobao Zhang

Religions 2025, 16(3), 328; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16030328 - 5 Mar 2025

 

 

The Translation of Physics Texts by Western Missionaries During the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties and Its Enlightenment of Modern Chinese Physics

by Yafeng Li andJingmin Fu

Religions 2025, 16(1), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16010025 - 30 Dec 2024

 

Jesuit Missionary Aleni’s Argumentation Strategy on the Concept of Common Sense: Focusing on the Analysis of Xingxue Cushu

by Qi Zhao

Religions 2024, 15(12), 1529; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15121529 - 13 Dec 2024

 

 

A French Jesuit in China: The Case of André Yverneau 1948–1951

by Timothy Pickard Baycroft

Religions 2024, 15(10), 1239; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15101239 - 12 Oct 2024

 

 

Spatial Expansion, Planning, and Their Influences on the Urban Landscape of Christian Churches in Canton (1582–1732 and 1844–1911)

by Yonggu Li

Religions 2024, 15(10), 1183; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15101183 - 28 Sep 2024

 

 

 

Three Shanghai General Meetings and Catholic Publishing in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

by Zhiyuan Pan

Religions 2024, 15(10), 1178; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15101178 - 27 Sep 2024

 

 

 

Different Narratives: The Pingli Missionary Case in Wenshi Ziliao and Private Expression

by Boyi Pang

Religions 2024, 15(8), 962; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15080962 - 8 Aug 2024

 

 

 

The Indigenization Policy of Propaganda Fide: Its Effectiveness and Limitations in China (1622–1742)

by Rui Zhang

Religions 2023, 14(12), 1453; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14121453 - 23 Nov 2023

 

 

 

Central Hunan Lutheran Church’s Progress toward Self-Reliance (1902–1951): A Study Based on the Archives of the Norwegian Missionary Society

by Wuna Zhou

Religions 2023, 14(9), 1135; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14091135 - 4 Sep 2023

 

 

 

Is There Life? Is There Spirit? Debating Belief and Being a Good Christian in Watchman Nee’s ‘Little Flock’

by Christine Lee,Yujing Ma andJianbo Huang

Religions 2023, 14(7), 844; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14070844 - 27 Jun 2023