Raising the quality of belief: suzhi and the production of an elite protestantism

The paper addresses the changing dynamics of Protestantism in contemporary urban China through the lens of the Christian discourse of quality (suzhi). Linking suzhi with processes of identity and subject formation in the Chinese Protestant community, the paper shows that the religiosity of today’s C...

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Main Author: Cao, Nanlai (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: CEFC 2009
In: China perspectives
Year: 2009, Issue: 4/80, Pages: 54-65
Further subjects:B Social environment
B Einflussgröße
B Christianity
B Elite
B Religiosity
B Protestant
B Interest
B Volksrepublik China Protestantism Protestanten Elite Religiosity Religious organization Soziale Faktoren Wirtschaftliche Faktoren Identity Kollektive Identität Christianity
B China
B Protestantism
B Religious organization
B Identity
B Group identity