Finding Jesus in the Holy Land and Taking Him to China: Chinese Temporary Migrant Workers in Israel Converting to Evangelical Christianity

The article describes and probes the conversion of Chinese temporary migrant workers in Israel to evangelical Christianity. Since 1995 thousands of Chinese workers have been recruited, mainly from villages across Fujian, for construction work in Israel. In 1998 an evangelical church was established...

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Main Author: Kalir, Barak (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 2009
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 70, Issue: 2, Pages: 130-156
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