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Chinese Theological Review 1989 Contents Chinese Theological Review [Vol. 5, 1989] This page was generated automatically upon download from the Globethics.net Library. More information on Globethics.net see https://www.globethics.net. Data and content policy of Globethics.net Library repository see https:// repository.globethics.net/pages/policy Item Type Journal volume Publisher Foundation for Theological Education in South East Asia (FTESEA) Rights With permission of the license/copyright holder Download date 08/10/2021 15:25:36 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/165448 Chinese Theological Review 1989 Contents Preface............................................................................................................................................. 2 1. Facing Reality and Responding to Challenges: On Ten Years of Chinese Church Reconstruction – Bao Zhimin ......................................................................................................... 5 2. On Religious Freedom – Yang Zhouhuai .................................................................................. 9 3. Re-ordering the Relationships – K.H. Ting ............................................................................. 13 4. How to View Religious Activities – Bao Zhimin.................................................................... 20 5. Religious Questions in the Early Stages of Socialism – Luo Zhufeng.................................... 24 6. What Can We Learn from Y.T. Wu Today? – K.H. Ting ....................................................... 29 7. Wu Yaozong and Wang Mingdao – Wang Weifan ................................................................. 37 8. The Influence of Church-Run Universities and Hospitals on China's Modernization – Xiao Anping........................................................................................................................................... 41 9. Xia Yu and Jesus: A Comparison – Wang Xuefu.................................................................... 46 10. God is God (in memory of Karl Barth) – Liu Xiaofeng ...................................................... 53 11. A Christian Perspective on the Traditional Chinese Concept of Man – Zi Zhu ................... 61 12. Summoning Personality and Spirit – Wang Weifan ........................................................... 76 13. Knowing the Lord's Will – Ji Jianhong ................................................................................. 84 14. How to Lead People to Christ – Kong Xiangjian ................................................................. 92 15. Is it Wrong to Get Rich? – Kong Xiangjian ......................................................................... 98 16. The Grace to Discern Spirits – Kong Xiangjian ................................................................. 102 17. Inspiration from the Three Wise Men – Wan Chao ............................................................ 107 18. "Do You Love Me?" – Yang Xuan ..................................................................................... 110 19. The Lord of Sorrows – Wang Weifan................................................................................. 113 20. About the Authors................................................................................................................ 117 Preface 1989 marked the completion of an important decade in the life and work of the Church in China, not in terms of the life of faith, for that has been guarded and sustained since Christianity first came to China, but in the renewed expressions of that faith, in the organization of Church structures, and in theological reflection, publication and education. This period is commonly termed one of "resurgence" or "reconstruction," and refers to the ten years since 1979 during which the Communist Party of China and the People's Government have re-implemented a religious policy more in line with the criteria of religious freedom. Despite the course of recent events, the government has asserted that the policy of religious freedom will not change. Over the last decade, both clergy and laity in the Protestant Church have given unstintingly of themselves to build up the body of the church. In the articles included in this fifth volume of The Chinese Theological Review, we find discussions of serious issues within the Church, as well as echoes of the concerns facing society at large. Several articles, notably those by Bao Zhimin, affirm the achievements of the Church in the past decade, but do not hesitate to point out the problems and the difficulties which lay ahead. The writers of the essays presented here have a realistic appraisal of the situation of the Church today; they are thankful for all that has been achieved, but they are not complacent. Four articles are included from The Syllabus, a periodical described as "a correspondence curriculum" which is sent to more than forty thousand subscribers, aimed at self-education of lay leaders, particularly in the countryside. It is also frequently used as course material in lay training courses. To readers accustomed to a more or less Christian environment, the subject matter of the Syllabus articles may seem elementary, but for this very reason they illuminate for us the challenges faced by the Church in rural areas, where Christianity is experiencing rapid growth, but where trained clergy are in extremely short supply and where rural congregations' understanding of Christian faith is quite limited. These articles delineate for their readers that which is properly Christian and that which is not. "Is it Wrong to Get Rich?" shows how Christians seek to apply their faith in a very practical way. The ways in which the various topics are dealt with also give some indication of the differences between urban and rural Christian realities in China. 1989 was also the tenth anniversary of the death of Y.T. Wu, an important theologian of the 1950s who was the leading spirit and founder of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. Two articles included here look at aspects of his career and his legacy to the Church. That by K.H. Ting is especially insightful, for it indicates the relevance which Y.T. Wu's thinking has for the Church in China today. The 1988 Review carried the minutes of a joint meeting of the Standing Committees of the Three-Self Movement and the China Christian Council which dealt with the nature and role of the Three-Self organization and the need to re-order relationships between the two bodies and with the Church. "Re-ordering the Relationships" deals more fully with the original thinking behind the role of Three-Self organizations and what a re-ordering of relationships might mean. This article rejects the view that such a re-ordering would mean the dissolution of Three-Self as a body related to the Church. A growing phenomenon in China is the interest in and sympathy for religion, particularly Christianity, among non-church intellectuals. China News Update, a publication of the Presbyterian Church (USA), (Dec. 1989) listed eleven books published in the last few years which were either scholarly studies or translations of Western works on religious topics. In fact the number of such books has grown steadily. An article on Karl Barth by one such scholar, Liu Xiaofeng, is included here. Liu's assessment of pre-sixties Europe may be quite different from that of his Western counterparts and some may take issue with his interpretation of Barth's ideas or of German theological tradition. Yet Barth's dictum, "The world is the world, but God is God," provides Liu with a new way of seeing his own situation and introduces the concept of transcendence as a historical and social challenge for China. There is a different emphasis in the article by Luo Zhufeng. His report at the annual meeting of the Shanghai Society for Religious Studies looks at religious issues from the point of view of how religious believers can contribute to modernization and socialist construction in China. The challenge of Christianity to traditional moral and social structures as well as to modern Chinese society is explored in "A Christian Perspective on the Traditional Chinese Concept of Man," and "The Summons of Personality and Spirit." These articles surely represent the fruits of the struggles the Church has undergone, both within itself and with the world, as they seek to engage the issues which face Christians and non-Christians alike. Both articles present a vision of what Christianity can bring to its encounter with Chinese culture and society. This vision becomes even more compelling in sermon form. "The Lord of Sorrows," by Rev. Wang Weifan, is grounded in a uniquely Chinese sensibility and addresses the Chinese situation at a deeper theological level. There is a power to its image of "innocents" in the Church which makes its message meaningful both for the broader Chinese society and for Christians elsewhere. Materials for this volume of The Chinese Theological Review, have been selected by the editor from the Nanjing Theological Review, and The Syllabus, both published by Nanjing Theological Seminary; from Tian Feng, published monthly by the China Christian Council, Shanghai; and from the Yanjing Seminary Journal. Pinyin romanization of Chinese names and terms is used throughout, except where another form is widely used or, in the case of names, is known to be a personal preference. Biblical quotations follow the Revised Standard Version. A brief identification of authors is given at the back of the book. I would like
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