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Studying Christianity in China introduces an emerging academic trend in contemporary Chinese scholarship. Through qualitative interviews with leading experts in Chinese Christian studies, Naomi Thurston has investigated the ongoing conversation between China and Christianity. Since the 1980s, this conversation has given rise to an interdisciplinary academic field that is quickly gaining traction as a cutting-edge, cross-cultural discourse. The Chinese intellectuals driving this field are encountered as unique transmitters of cultural knowledge: they are cultural mediators working in a range of humanities and social science disciplines who are not only re-interpreting Western theology, but are also lending a new voice to Chinese expressions of the Christian faith. As such, they are at the forefront of a novel force in World Christianity.
Price: $74.00
Pages: 284
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Theology and Mission in World Christianity
Publication Date:
19 April 2018
ISBN: 9789004361287
Format: Paperback
"Thurston succeeds in ascertaining the intellectual and theological depth that transcends intergenerational scholarship in China. This is quite the feat and quite the gift for English readers.", Erin Rafferty, Princeton Theological Seminary, in: Journal of World Christianity Volume 10.1 (2020)
"In short, Thurston has written an insightful analysis of Sino-Christian humanism in contemporary China, and her findings should appeal to anyone interested in Chinese theology and church history." Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, in: Exchange Volume 48 (2019).
"Those interested in ministering to mainland scholars will benefit from Thurston’s categorization of Chinese scholars of Christianity as well as the many personal interviews contained in this study. For those less directly engaged with Chinese scholars, this book provides four valuable insights that will affect the future of Christianity in China." - Chinasource Blog Posts, May 8, 2019 (link visited Sept. 9, 2019)
"In short, Thurston has written an insightful analysis of Sino-Christian humanism in contemporary China, and her findings should appeal to anyone interested in Chinese theology and church history." Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, in: Exchange Volume 48 (2019).
"Those interested in ministering to mainland scholars will benefit from Thurston’s categorization of Chinese scholars of Christianity as well as the many personal interviews contained in this study. For those less directly engaged with Chinese scholars, this book provides four valuable insights that will affect the future of Christianity in China." - Chinasource Blog Posts, May 8, 2019 (link visited Sept. 9, 2019)
Naomi Thurston holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (2015). She currently works at Sichuan University in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Her recent publications include “Reading Religion in China Today” (Review of Religion and Chinese Society, 2017).