The Image of Jesus in the Writings of Zhang Shizhang (Hottinger S. C. Chang)

This article approaches the work of Zhang Shizhang (Hottinger S. C. Chang, 1896-?), a theologian and writer scarcely known in the academy today. Zhang wrote about Jesus' life and portrayed him in the image of a revolutionary liberator, one in tune with the "Christian Socialism" that h...

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Published in:Christianity & literature
Main Author: Kenpa, Chin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press [2018]
In: Christianity & literature
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
FD Contextual theology
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBM Asia
NBF Christology
Further subjects:B revolutionary Christianity
B Socialism
B ACADEMIC discourse
B Christian Socialism
B Chinese liberation theology
B Christianity
B Jesus Christ
B Jesusism
B Liberalism
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Summary:This article approaches the work of Zhang Shizhang (Hottinger S. C. Chang, 1896-?), a theologian and writer scarcely known in the academy today. Zhang wrote about Jesus' life and portrayed him in the image of a revolutionary liberator, one in tune with the "Christian Socialism" that he was advocating. This image of a radical Jesus was particularly noteworthy in the context of the China of the time, and his major focus was on creative writing, producing two works connected to the Lives of Jesus genre: Role Model for Young People (1928) and The Revolutionary Carpenter (1938).
ISSN:2056-5666
Contains:Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0148333118793900