The World Council of Churches and churches in China: partnerships and diaconia
Between 1956 and 1991, Chinese church leaders, and Protestant churches active from the formation of the World Council of Churches, experienced a dramatic break in their relations with the international ecumenical movement. This paper will focus on the ecumenical relations between the WCC and the chu...
| Published in: | International journal for the study of the Christian church |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2019]
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International journal for the study of the Christian church
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBM Asia KDJ Ecumenism |
| Further subjects: | B
Amity Foundation
B China and ecumenism B World Council of Churches B Ecumenical Sharing of Resources B K.H. Ting B Three-Self Principles B Chinese Protestant Churches B China Christian Council |
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| Summary: | Between 1956 and 1991, Chinese church leaders, and Protestant churches active from the formation of the World Council of Churches, experienced a dramatic break in their relations with the international ecumenical movement. This paper will focus on the ecumenical relations between the WCC and the churches in China after 1978, when reforms and the opening up of the country under Deng Xiaoping provided new opportunities for the renewal of ties. The China Christian Council resumed its official ties with WCC in 1991 but between 1978 and 1991, new expressions and new modes of ecumenical relations had already emerged. Central to these ties were the upholding of the Three-Self Principles and the practice of the "ecumenical sharing of resources" influenced by the outcome of the WCC's El Escorial meeting (1987). These "post-colonial" partnerships contributed substantially to making Christianity better appreciated in China and were important channels for the practice of ecumenism in a rapidly transforming China. |
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| ISSN: | 1747-0234 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of the Christian church
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1474225X.2019.1656045 |