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A Pastoral Perspective on Contextualization

The guest editor interviews a pastor from eastern China on the topic of contextualization.

Brad Vaughn • March 19, 2018 • Scholarship

Communicating the Gospel with Power among China’s Animistic Peoples

Roland defines animism, recognizes the anxieties of animistic peoples, and considers three areas of importance when applying the gospel to them.

Barnabas Roland • • Scholarship

Traditional Culture’s Effect on China’s Younger Generations

The author looks at how Chinese youth today deal with filial piety and marriage as they feel both the tug of traditional cultural and the pull of other perceived “goods” in the larger complex, cultural environment of today’s China.

Danny Hsu • • Ideas

Union with Christ and Contextualization in China

Dr. Sun proposes that the theological concept of “union with Christ” has elements that intersect with Chinese culture and can aid in presenting the gospel.

Wendel Sun • • Ideas

Might Christians and Confucians Actually Agree about Human Nature?

For centuries, both Christianity and Confucianism have each sought to reconcile two families of ideas within their belief systems. The author suggests that these two ideologies may have a great deal in common.

Gregg Ten Elshof • • Scholarship

Contextualization Mediates History and Meaning

As Wendel Sun writes in this issue of ChinaSource Quarterly, most Christians serving cross-culturally have a strong desire to faithfully and meaningfully communicate the…

Brent Fulton • • Scholarship

Invisible Planets

Contextualization and worldview are partners. Chinese science fiction allows us to see Chinese worldviews that are often not easily observed in everyday life.

Carrie Anne Hudson • • Scholarship