China The religious landscape of China in the twenty-first century August 5, 2019 1 By Fenggang Yang. Image Credit: Tibetan by Rod Waddington/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Religious diversity in China is very broad. Not only are there the traditional eastern religions…
China Redeeming China’s sweatshops: Christianity and migrant factory workers in Shenzhen July 31, 2019 1 Written by Quan Gao. Image Credit: Foxlink factory China by Chris/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. It has been nine years since the Foxconn suicide event in 2010, when…
China Chinese Christianity encounters Islam along the Belt and Road Initiative July 3, 2019 0 Written by Emily Dawes. Image Credit: A Crucifix by Simon Shek/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. China’s indigenous Christian missions began in the early twentieth century with…
Ethnic Minorities Peacebuilding from the grassroots: Resolving conflicts in Mindanao April 1, 2019 0 Written by Julius Cesar Trajano. The peace process between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was hailed as a significant step…
China The Sino-Vatican Provisional Agreement: Christianity is adapting to the rules of Chinese governance November 22, 2018 0 Written by Wang Chao. The recent 'Provisional Agreement' signed by the Chinese government and the Holy See on the appointment of bishops marks a historic…
China Issues in developing a Sinicised Protestantism November 21, 2018 0 Written by Jonathan Tam. China continues to try to control Protestantism domestically. The official plan laid out by the China Christian Council and Three-Self Patriotic…
China Taiping Christianity: from ‘madness’ to localisation November 20, 2018 0 Written by Carl Kilcourse. The theological worldview of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–64) is an excellent example of Christianity’s capacity to transform and become locally…
China Church, state and society: the misconceptions surrounding China’s Christians November 19, 2018 0 Written by Gerda Wielander. Will Chinese Christians bring social and political transformation? This was the question at the start of my in-depth study of contemporary…
China Actively Guiding Religion under Xi Jinping June 21, 2018 1 Written by Jérôme Doyon. In April 2016, Xi Jinping chaired the National Religious Work Conference. It was the first time the CCP General Secretary chaired such…
China Playing the Long Game? The Politics of Religious Revival in China and Tibet June 15, 2018 0 Written by Martin Mills. "Religion" in China has never fitted well into European conceptions of the topic. Certainly, getting any kind of statistical handle on…
