TY - CHAP
T1 - From China with Faith
T2 - Sinicizing Christianity in Europe
AU - Cao, Nanlai
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This chapter explores the rise of Protestant Christianity in the Chinese diaspora in Europe as both a case of sinicization of Christianity and a unique religious product of China’s reform-era globalization. While lack of Christianity was once constructed as a moral argument to ban Chinese migration to the Christian West, in the current context of China’s aggressive business outreach and mass emigration Christianity has become a vital social force and moral resource in binding Chinese merchants in diaspora. Drawing on multisited fieldwork in France and Italy, my analysis links the rise of a sinicized Christianity in secular Europe with China’s business globalization by focusing on the cultural identity, agency, and moral imagination of Chinese Christians in a merchant diaspora. © NANLAI CAO, 2021.
AB - This chapter explores the rise of Protestant Christianity in the Chinese diaspora in Europe as both a case of sinicization of Christianity and a unique religious product of China’s reform-era globalization. While lack of Christianity was once constructed as a moral argument to ban Chinese migration to the Christian West, in the current context of China’s aggressive business outreach and mass emigration Christianity has become a vital social force and moral resource in binding Chinese merchants in diaspora. Drawing on multisited fieldwork in France and Italy, my analysis links the rise of a sinicized Christianity in secular Europe with China’s business globalization by focusing on the cultural identity, agency, and moral imagination of Chinese Christians in a merchant diaspora. © NANLAI CAO, 2021.
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U2 - 10.1163/9789004443327_003
DO - 10.1163/9789004443327_003
M3 - RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author)
SN - 978-90-04-44316-7
T3 - Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion
SP - 20
EP - 36
BT - Chinese Religions Going Global
A2 - Cao, Nanlai
A2 - Giordan, Giuseppe
A2 - Yang, Fenggang
PB - Brill
CY - Leiden ; Boston
ER -