History Matters: Christian Studies in China since 1949
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This article aims at accounting for the dynamics of historical writings about the history of Chinese Protestantism from the multiple uses of history in politics, theology, evangelism and cross-boundary scholarship. This article is divided into five parts, of which the first part outlines the salient features of the historiography of Chinese Protestantism while the remaining parts discuss the four uses of history. History writing reinforces certain ideological elements in political thoughts in mainland China as well as in Taiwan in different ways. History constitutes certain theological notions of Protestantism among the Chinese, sharing significant implications for Christian thoughts. History is relevant for evangelism for it is useful to correct myths that based upon unjustified allegations. Finally, recent trends in the history of Chinese Protestantism show signs of merits for cross-boundary scholarship that sheds new lights on understanding China. I argue that the writing of the history of Chinese Protestantism has undergone cycles of broadening and enriching its own uses. In doing so, it is intended to stress the necessity of history for understanding the multiple layers of meanings that connect Chinese Protestantism with its constructed past in historical writings.
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This article aims at accounting for the dynamics of historical writings about the history of Chinese Protestantism from the multiple uses of history in politics, theology, evangelism and cross-boundary scholarship. This article is divided into five parts, of which the first part outlines the salient features of the historiography of Chinese Protestantism while the remaining parts discuss the four uses of history. History writing reinforces certain ideological elements in political thoughts in mainland China as well as in Taiwan in different ways. History constitutes certain theological notions of Protestantism among the Chinese, sharing significant implications for Christian thoughts. History is relevant for evangelism for it is useful to correct myths that based upon unjustified allegations. Finally, recent trends in the history of Chinese Protestantism show signs of merits for cross-boundary scholarship that sheds new lights on understanding China. I argue that the writing of the history of Chinese Protestantism has undergone cycles of broadening and enriching its own uses. In doing so, it is intended to stress the necessity of history for understanding the multiple layers of meanings that connect Chinese Protestantism with its constructed past in historical writings.
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