Whilst most studies are concerned with the opposition of church and state, this work, by contrast, shows that in Linyi there is no clear-cut distinction between the official TSPM church and house churches.
Jie Kang is Project Coordinator for Cultural Diversity in South-West China and South-East Asia and Temples, Rituals and the Transformation of Transnational Networks at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany.
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Discovering Linyi.- Chapter 3. Christianity and the emergence of house churches in Linyi.- Chapter 4. The Christian network.- Chapter 5. Learning to be a good Christian.- Chapter 6. From Preaching (chuandao 传道) to Shepherding (muyang 牧养).- Chapter 7. Paths to the New Life in the urban transition.- Conclusion.