Decolonizing "Protestant" Death Rituals for the Chinese Bereaved: Negotiating a Resistance that is Contextually Relevant

This paper is a postcolonial reading of the Protestant practice of continuing bonds between the living and the dead in Hong Kong. It sees the practice as an imperfect indigenization that, in the post-colonial Hong Kong context, can be interpreted as an everyday resistance, a notion advanced by James...

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Main Author: Kwan, Simon Shui-Man (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2021
In: International journal of practical theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 243-262
Further subjects:B postcolonial resistance in Hong Kong
B continuing bonds
B everyday resistance
B Asian Practical Theology
B imperfect indigenization and death rituals
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Summary:This paper is a postcolonial reading of the Protestant practice of continuing bonds between the living and the dead in Hong Kong. It sees the practice as an imperfect indigenization that, in the post-colonial Hong Kong context, can be interpreted as an everyday resistance, a notion advanced by James Scott. The postcolonial relevance of an everyday resistance is explained. The findings of a qualitative study are reported to substantiate the claims. It concludes that a practical theology of imperfect indigenization understood as resistance on everyday level is a public theology recommendable to the post-colonial Hong Kong and Asia.
ISSN:1612-9768
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of practical theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/ijpt-2019-0017