Biblical and Pastoral Reflections on the Impact of Urbanization on Christians in China

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" Biblical and Pastoral Reflections on the Impact of Urbanization on Christians in China "
Wenxi Zhang

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077521
Doc. No	:	LA121150
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15733831-12341281‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Wenxi Zhang
Title & Author	:	Biblical and Pastoral Reflections on the Impact of Urbanization on Christians in China [Article]\ Wenxi Zhang
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Mission Studies
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	30/2
Page No	:	181–193
Abstract	:	This article looks at the significant phenomenon of urbanization in China, and its impact on Chinese Christians, focusing on Catholics. The author highlights pastoral challenges that urbanization brings to Christians in China. From the reality of urbanization the author reflects on models of caring for migrants from a biblical viewpoint. He then proposes creative ways of providing pastoral care to migrant workers drawn from these reflections. A sense of urgency is needed among church leaders as people face the ongoing process of the urbanization of the Chinese population; if not, indifference might well result in a two-generation vacuum in faith. This article looks at the significant phenomenon of urbanization in China, and its impact on Chinese Christians, focusing on Catholics. The author highlights pastoral challenges that urbanization brings to Christians in China. From the reality of urbanization the author reflects on models of caring for migrants from a biblical viewpoint. He then proposes creative ways of providing pastoral care to migrant workers drawn from these reflections. A sense of urgency is needed among church leaders as people face the ongoing process of the urbanization of the Chinese population; if not, indifference might well result in a two-generation vacuum in faith.
Descriptor	:	Chinese Christians
Descriptor	:	migrant workers
Descriptor	:	pastoral care models
Descriptor	:	urbanization
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15733831-12341281‬