"Cross Is Fix": Christianity and Christian Community as Vehicles for Overcoming Settlement Crises of Chinese Immigrant Families

Mainland Chinese grow up in a nation with Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism as their cultural heritage, and are educated with atheism, materialism, and scientism in contemporary China. However, the high rate of conversion to Christianity among Chinese immigrants in Anglo-Saxon countries constitutes...

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Main Author: Wang, Yining (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 2
Further subjects:B Parenting
B Social Integration
B Migration
B Christian converts
B Christianity
B Conversion
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