Why Public and Theological? The Problem of Public Theology in the Chinese Context

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" Why Public and Theological? The Problem of Public Theology in the Chinese Context "
Zhibin Xie

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069265
Doc. No	:	LA112894
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341509‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Zhibin Xie
Title & Author	:	Why Public and Theological? The Problem of Public Theology in the Chinese Context [Article]\ Zhibin Xie
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	11/4
Page No	:	381–404
Abstract	:	This article reviews the discourses on public theology in the Chinese context and examines the traditional Chinese understanding of the term ‘public’, the tradition of public theology in China, and the specific issues facing a public theology in the Chinese context. It highlights the problems that surround a governmental-dominated public, the identity of social organizations, and the theological character of political entanglement when Christianity seeks to engage in public life in China. These problems shape the development of public theology in the Chinese setting as well as its prospective contribution to the global discourse on public theology. It also examines the tension that sometimes arises surrounding the relationship between the two substantive terms—public and theological. It seeks to demonstrate how to be public and theological at one and the same time—and, do so, with special reference to its implications in the Chinese context.
Descriptor	:	China
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Jewish Studies
Descriptor	:	Philosophy, Theology Science
Descriptor	:	politics
Descriptor	:	Practical Theology
Descriptor	:	public theology
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	social organizations
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Sociology of Religion
Descriptor	:	theological
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341509‬