This book is the first to examine the depth, complexity and uniqueness of global Christian
pilgrimage, travel and tourism, and how they manifest in terms of both supply and demand. It …

The Tiananmen Square proTeST, CulminaTing on June 4, 1989, in state violence against
the student protestors, severely shook the CPC. It subsequently launched the massive …

Over the past decade, Reformed Christianity, broadly based on the theology of Calvinism,
has spread widely in China, especially by appealing to Chinese 'intellectuals' who constitute …

The Oxford Handbook of Mission Studies represents more than a century of scholarship
related to the theology, history, and methodology of the propagation of Christian faith and …

At 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 …

What do we know about Protestant Christianity in contemporary China? How is it organized;
where, why, and how is it growing; and how do we understand its evolving relationship with …

The outrageous idea of this book is that God wants to use professors as professors to reach
others, transform the academy, and meet the needs of the world. God is on a mission to …

What is the nature of church–state relations in countries where politics is restrictive, religious
autonomy is limited, and Christians tend to be viewed as existential threats by those in …

This book offers a sociological analysis as well as a theological discussion of China's
internal migration since the marketization reform in 1978. It documents the social and …

This article provides a narrative of how the collection Canaan Hymns is embedded in the
context of the life and struggles of ecclesial life within the Chinese church movement …