03076nam 22006615 450 991086317790332120251204104824.09783030556051303055605010.1007/978-3-030-55605-1(CKB)4100000011526327(MiAaPQ)EBC6381401(DE-He213)978-3-030-55605-1(Perlego)3481904(EXLCZ)99410000001152632720201024d2020 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMaking Christ Present in China Actor-Network Theory and the Anthropology of Christianity /by Michel Chambon1st ed. 2020.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2020.1 online resourceIncludes index.9783030556044 3030556042 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Building Churches on Chinese Soil -- Chapter 3: Chanting and Listening Together in the Face of the Lord -- Chapter 4: Revealing the Church through Elderly Care -- Chapter 5: Giving Thanks to God: Thanksgiving in the Gospel Church -- Chapter 6: The Bloody Business of Christian Conversion -- Chapter 7: Conclusion – The Tree of Life.An anthropological theorization of the unity and diversity of Christianity, this book focuses on Christian communities in Nanping, a small city in China. It applies methodological insights from Actor-Network Theory to investigate how the Christian God is made part of local social networks. The study examines how Christians interact with and re-define material objects, such as buildings, pews, offerings, and blood, in order to identify the kind of networks and non-human actors that they collectively design. By comparing local Christian traditions with other practices informing the Nanping religious landscape, the study points out potential cohesion via the centralizing presence of the Christian God, the governing nature of the pastoral clergy, and the semi-transcendent being of the Church. .EthnologyReligion and sociologySociologyChristianitySociocultural AnthropologyEthnographySociology of ReligionSociological TheoryChristianityEthnology.Religion and sociology.Sociology.Christianity.Sociocultural Anthropology.Ethnography.Sociology of Religion.Sociological Theory.Christianity.303.01Chambon Michel921972MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910863177903321Making Christ present in China2068866UNINA