RT Article
T1 Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Sketch of the Field of Christianity in China Studies and Possible Future Directions
JF Review of Religion and Chinese Society
VO 6
IS 1
SP 99
OP 125
A1 Vala, Carsten T.
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1685385753
AB This essay sketches the current state of fieldwork-based studies of Christianity in China, focusing on monographs published from 2008 to 2018. It discusses strengths and gaps in research paradigms (religious economy or market theory; rational-actor bargaining; institutional theory; religious ecology), levels of analysis (macro- or national level; meso- or regional level; micro- or congregational level), and modes of interaction (resistance-domination; negotiation; cooperation) in an effort to point out areas rich for future research: the impact of theologies and denominations, the existence of regional models of Christianity, and the study of money, real estate, social service, syncretism, and religious decline.
K1 Protestant Christianity
K1 Authoritarianism
K1 church-state relations
K1 market theory
K1 state-society relations
K1 国家-社会关系
K1 政教关系
K1 市场理论
K1 基督新教
K1 威权主义
DO 10.1163/22143955-00601006