LEADER 02641oam 2200493 450 001 9910426049303321 005 20230823001249.0 010 $a3-030-55605-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-55605-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000011526327 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6381401 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-55605-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011526327 100 $a20210416d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMaking Christ present in China $eactor-network theory and the anthropology of Christianity /$fMichel Chambon 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2020] 210 4$d©2020 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a3-030-55604-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aAn 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. . 606 $aChristianity$zChina$zNanping Shi 606 $aAnthropology of religion$zChina$zNanping Shi 606 $aActor-network theory 615 0$aChristianity 615 0$aAnthropology of religion 615 0$aActor-network theory. 676 $a303.01 700 $aChambon$b Michel$0921972 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910426049303321 996 $aMaking Christ present in China$92068866 997 $aUNINA