Localisation of Christianity in China: difficulties in and possibilities of achieving harmonious cultural integration

The Sinicization of religions has been a hot topic in China’s religious communities for several years; from the perspective of Christianity, Sinicization, especially the fusion of Christianity and Chinese culture, has also been a key point of discussion between Chinese churchmen recently. Cultural i...

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Published in:Journal of beliefs and values
Main Author: Zhou, Xiaowei (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2022
In: Journal of beliefs and values
Year: 2022, Volume: 43, Issue: 3, Pages: 320-330
Further subjects:B Sinicization
B localisation
B Christianity
B cultural integration
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Summary:The Sinicization of religions has been a hot topic in China’s religious communities for several years; from the perspective of Christianity, Sinicization, especially the fusion of Christianity and Chinese culture, has also been a key point of discussion between Chinese churchmen recently. Cultural integration under local conditions is a relatively easy starting point for considering the issues, while political identity and social adaptation are usually based on cultural integration which remains an urgent issue that needs to be solved in the Christian community in China today. This paper discusses cultural integration during the localisation of religion, the integration of Christianity with Chinese traditional culture and the contemporary socialist context, to provide some advice and ideas about the promotion of the localisation of Christianity in China.
ISSN:1469-9362
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2021.1969206