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Christians in the Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria
Glimpsing into the impact of Christianity in one of Africa's largest and fastest-growing megacities, located in the Gauteng City-Region, this book explores how faith shaped the city and its society. Addressing a scarcity of religious scholarship in the field of urban studies, this book focuses on the JohannesburgPretoria corridor and Christian faith expressions in the evolving African megacity. Stéphan de Beer highlights how city and faith are in conversation and explores various expressions of Christian faith in this ever-changing urban landscape. Connecting socio-spatial change in post-apartheid South African cities with the changing Christian landscape, this book interrogates the connections and disconnections between Christianity and urban change. Chapters feature wide coverage across both cities, including the areas of Sandton, Tshwane, Woodlane Village and Soshang. Examining the contexts where global migration and Christian faith increasingly co-exist, this book provides valuable insights to students of religion, sociology and urban studies.
Design as Communication
This book explores the architectural history of Christian universities in China, revealing how quasi‐colonial power interaction and cross‐cultural communication of meaning were channelled through religious and educational architecture in modern China. The Christian universities in China witnessed an experimental representation of Chinese architectural identity, as the country – subject to an informal version of colonialism – struggled to become a modern nation‐state and to rethink its identity. This book offers new knowledge to the prospering postcolonial studies of the architectural history of Asian countries, deepening our understanding of the scope and content of the nuanced col...
Christians in the City of Lagos
Despite political persecution, economic stalemate and military intimidation, this book shows how churches of all denominations continue to grow under the stimulus of vibrant indigenous spirituality and cultural idioms. Incorporating interviews with Christians from six of the most influential churches in Lagos, this book gives readers a sense of daily life in Lagos for Christians. Through this original ethnographic research, Caleb O. Oladipo explores first-hand accounts of faith and practice in the city, offering a unique perspective to scholars of global Christianity. A collection of stories from Christians of diverse ethnographic backgrounds, this book shows that Christianity is an integral part of the rhythm of life in Lagos. Christians in Lagos, one of the most populous cities in the world, are dynamic with a confluence of traditions, beliefs, and community.
Francis of Assisi, Movement Maker
"An overview of the life of St. Francis of Assisi, the movement he founded, and lessons today for leadership and mission"--
Christians in the City of Shanghai
This book examines the stories of Christians in Shanghai as a model to highlight how a minority religion in a city has interacted with other religions as well as social, political, and economic changes. It shows how the history of Chinese churches sheds light on why and how Christians have accommodated social and political changes and gives valuable insights into multiculturalism, globalization, Sinicization, and ecclesiology. The interreligious dialogues between Shanghai Christians and other religions and philosophies such as Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Islam, and Judaism throughout history also provide valuable reflections on the roles of Christians in a multi-religious space.
An Interreligious and Global Perspective of Christian Art in China, 1552–1644
In this book, Susangeline Patrick considers how European and Asian Christian missionaries communicated religious doctrine through the visual arts in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Greater China. Zooming in on these rich cross-cultural and inter-religious artifacts, Patrick reveals how Christian images and visual culture reflected, interacted with, and influenced spiritual and sociopolitical powers. Across five sections, Patrick looks beyond liturgical art, locating religious visual arts within alternative spheres such as Christian charitable institutions, cartography, and bodily behavior and intentionally sheds light on Christian women's initiatives and participation in art, devotion, and power. In the study of the intersection of art, devotion, and power in early modern China, Patrick underscores the interreligious and global aspects of encounters that shaped and impacted the production, circulation, and outcome of devotional art.
Art as a Pathway to God
This book integrates history, theology, and art and analyzes the Jesuits’ cross-cultural mission in late imperial China. Readers will find a rich collection of resources from historical sites, museums, manuscripts, and archival materials, including previous unpublished works of art. The production and circulation of art from different historical periods and categories show the artistic, theological, and missional values of Christian art. It highlights European Jesuits, Asian Christians, transnationalism, and gives voice to Chinese Christian women and their patronage of art in the seventeenth century. It offers a rare systematic study of the relation between art and mission history.
Christians in the City of Shanghai
Examining the stories of diverse Christians in Shanghai, this book uses the city as a model to highlight how a minority religion in a city has interacted with other religions as well as social, cultural, political, and economic changes. Susangeline Y. Patrick illustrates how the history of Shanghai Christians sheds light on why and how Christians have accommodated social and political changes, and gives valuable insights into multiculturalism, globalization, sinicization, and ecclesiology. The interreligious dialogues between Shanghai Christians and other traditions such as Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Islam, and Judaism throughout history provide worthy reflections on the roles of Christians in a multi-religious space.
