Trends and Reflections

IF 0.8 0 ASIAN STUDIES Review of Religion and Chinese Society Pub Date : 2019-04-01 DOI:10.1163/22143955-00601004

Jianbo Huang, Mengyin Hu

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Abstract

Christianity in China has achieved a rapid growth in population since the 1980s. This article mainly reviews empirical studies on Christianity from 2000 to the present. Drawing on statistics from the China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database (cajd), this article begins with an analysis of the trends in both quantity and research interests of large-scale empirical studies. Categories of churches are defined and applied to the analysis of various topics related to Christianity in China and to academic questions addressed by Chinese scholars. The article also discusses theoretical frameworks used to explain the dynamics behind the revival of Christianity and studies of the social functions of Christian churches. In addition, the article reviews investigations of Christianity in social life in contemporary China, studies of religious boundaries and civil society, the causal relationship between Christianity and economic development, its functions in urbanization, and other related subjects. It ends with discussions of Christianity’s global dimension, its identity as a global religion, and its relation to the emergence of a global China.

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自20世纪80年代以来，中国的基督教人口迅速增长。本文主要回顾了2000年至今对基督教的实证研究。根据中国学术期刊网络出版数据库（cajd）的统计数据，本文首先分析了大规模实证研究的数量和研究兴趣的趋势。教会的分类被定义并应用于分析与中国基督教有关的各种主题以及中国学者提出的学术问题。文章还讨论了用于解释基督教复兴背后的动力的理论框架，以及对基督教会社会功能的研究。此外，本文还回顾了基督教在当代中国社会生活中的调查、宗教边界与公民社会的研究、基督教与经济发展的因果关系、基督教在城市化中的作用等相关主题。最后讨论了基督教的全球维度，它作为全球宗教的身份，以及它与全球化中国的出现的关系。

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