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The story of how the Lisu of southwest China were evangelized one
hundred years ago by the China Inland Mission is a familiar one in
mission circles. The subsequent history of the Lisu church,
however, is much less well known. Songs of the Lisu Hills brings
this history up to date, recounting the unlikely story of how the
Lisu maintained their faith through twenty-two years of government
persecution and illuminating how Lisu Christians transformed the
text-based religion brought by the missionaries into a faith
centered around an embodied set of Christian practices. Based on
ethnographic fieldwork as well as archival research, this volume
documents the development of Lisu Christianity, both through larger
social forces and through the stories of individual believers. It
explores how the Lisu, most of whom remain subsistence farmers,
have oriented their faith less around cognitive notions of belief
and more around participation in a rhythm of shared Christian
practices, such as line dancing, attending church and festivals,
evangelizing, working in one another’s fields, and singing
translated Western hymns. These embodied practices demonstrate how
Christianity developed in the mountainous margins of the world’s
largest atheist state. A much-needed expansion of the Lisu story
into a complex study of the evolution of a world Christian
community, this book will appeal to scholars working at the
intersections of World Christianity, anthropology of religion,
ethnography, Chinese Christianity, and mission studies.
An elderly peasant woman lives with her coffin in the kitchen. An
American teacher is "adopted" by a village family. An eccentric
grandfather teaches Chinese to his American student by jumping
around the room and other perilous pantomimes. China is a vast and
populous nation which demands our understanding. But while
newspaper headlines commonly focus on politics and economics,
Saving Grandmother's Face, written by Christian university teachers
in China, recounts their experiences in the classroom and in the
countryside, celebrating a child's birth and mourning a child's
death, grading papers and discussing Chinese literature. Through
these stories you will see a side of China often left out-the human
side.
The rise of Christianity around the world has been the impetus for
much religious and social change. The interconnectivity of
religious centers has resulted in theological dialogue and
innovation. The subversion of long-held categories of culture,
gender, race, spirituality, theology, and politics has naturally
occurred along with the transgressing of borders and boundaries.
Yet at the same time, there has been occasion for healing through
intercultural experiences of forgiveness, peacemaking, and
reconciliation. Stimulated by the work and mentorship of Joel
Carpenter, who has done much to expand the study of world
Christianity less through focusing on his own research and writing,
and more through amplifying the voices of others, the international
contributors to this volume from all six continents promote a
deeper understanding of World Christianity through the exploration
of such related themes. Whether discussing primal spirituality in
northeast India, white supremacy in South Africa, evangelical women
and civic engagement in Kenya, or Calvinism in Mexico, the
contributors draw upon ethnographic case studies to more deeply
understand interconnectivity, subversion, and healing in World
Christianity. Their essays provoke a reorientation of Christian
thought within the study of World Christianity, enriching the
current discourse and promoting vistas for further
interdisciplinary studies.
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