One Heavenly Kingdom, Two Governments:

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" One Heavenly Kingdom, Two Governments: "
Cheng-tian Kuo

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069266
Doc. No	:	LA112895
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341510‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Cheng-tian Kuo
Title & Author	:	One Heavenly Kingdom, Two Governments: [Article] : Mainland China and Taiwan\ Cheng-tian Kuo
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	11/4
Page No	:	405–430
Abstract	:	Over the past three decades political relationships between mainland China and Taiwan have fluctuated precariously between warm peace and cold war. Instead of playing the role of the biblical peacemaker, Christian theologians on both sides have developed irreconcilable nationalist theologies in order to sanctify their respective nationalist programs: Chinese unification versus Taiwanese independence. For the purpose of constructing peace across the Taiwan Strait, a new political theology needs to be built on the centrality of religious freedom to be found in the Bible, democratic values, and the actual politics of both China and Taiwan. The second section of this article analyzes the biblical sources of a Chinese unification theology and a Taiwanese independence theology. The third and fourth sections introduce the historical development of nationalism and nationalist theology in both societies. The fifth section concludes by proposing a democratic union theology that builds on the centrality of religious freedom in the Bible, democratic values, and actual politics.
Descriptor	:	China
Descriptor	:	christianity
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Jewish Studies
Descriptor	:	Philosophy, Theology Science
Descriptor	:	politics
Descriptor	:	Practical Theology
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Sociology of Religion
Descriptor	:	Taiwan
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341510‬