LEADER 03677nam 22004695 450 001 9910737099403321 005 20230918020739.0 010 $a0-271-09319-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271093192 035 $a(CKB)26872508300041 035 $a(DE-B1597)651521 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271093192 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926872508300041 100 $a20230918h20222022 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNegotiating the Christian Past in China $eMemory and Missions in Contemporary Xiamen / /$fJifeng Liu 210 1$aUniversity Park, PA : : $cPenn State University Press, $d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 225 0 $aWorld Christianity 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNote on Romanization, Names, and Monetary Units -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tList of Characters -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1 Xiamen History, Society, and Christianity -- $tChapter 2 Discursive Reversals on Western Missionaries -- $tChapter 3 The Passing of Glory -- $tChapter 4 Writing and Contesting Christian History -- $tChapter 5 Global Missions Meet Local Politics -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aAt the turn of the twenty-first century, Xiamen's pursuit of World Heritage Site designation from UNESCO stimulated considerable interest in the city's Christian past. History enthusiasts, both Christian and non-Christian, devoted themselves to reinterpreting the legacy of missionaries and challenged official narratives of Christianity's troubled associations with Western imperialism. In this book, Jifeng Liu documents the tension that has inevitably emerged between the established official history and these popular efforts.This volume elucidates the ways in which Christianity has become an integral part of Xiamen, a Chinese city profoundly influenced by Western missionaries. Drawing on extensive interviews, locally produced histories, and observations of historical celebrations, Liu provides an intimate portrait of the people who navigate ideological issues to reconstruct a Christian past, reproduce religious histories, and redefine local power structures in the shadow of the state. Liu makes a compelling argument that a Christian past is being constructed that combines official frameworks, unofficial practices, and nostalgia into social memory, a realm of dynamic negotiation that is neither dominated by the authoritarian state nor characterized by popular resistance. In this way, Negotiating the Christian Past in China illustrates the complexities of memory and missions in shaping the city's cultural landscape, church-state dynamics, and global aspirations.This groundbreaking study assumes a perspective of globalization and localization, in both the past and the present, to better understand Chinese Christianity in a local, national, and global context. It will be welcomed by scholars of religious studies and world Christianity, and by those interested in the church-state relationship in China. 610 $aAsian Christianity. 610 $aChinese Christianity. 610 $aChinese politics. 610 $aChinese religion. 610 $aChurch-state relations. 610 $aMemory. 610 $aMissions. 610 $aXiamen. 610 $amissionaries. 610 $anostalgia. 700 $aLiu$b Jifeng$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.$01428922 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910737099403321 997 $aUNINA