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1 Studying Chinese Christianity |
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1.1 Dialoguing with the Anthropology of Religion and Anthropology of Christianity |
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3 | (3) |
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1.2 Theoretical Issues and Methodological Approach |
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6 | (5) |
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1.3 Being an Ethnographer Among Chinese Christians |
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11 | (9) |
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Christianity in the Continent of the Gods |
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12 | (3) |
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Doing Fieldwork at the Gospel Church in Nanping |
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15 | (3) |
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What Counts as "Christian" in Nanping? |
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18 | (2) |
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1.4 Nanping's Six Christianizing Assemblages |
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20 | (3) |
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1.5 Chapters and Arguments Summary |
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23 | (10) |
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26 | (7) |
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Part I The Epiphany of the Three |
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33 | (164) |
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2 Building Churches on Chinese Soil |
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35 | (44) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (6) |
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2.3 The Christianizing Presence Across the Zhanghu Area |
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47 | (4) |
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2.4 Crossing Yanping District |
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51 | (9) |
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2.5 The Wen and the Wu of Yanping District |
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60 | (7) |
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67 | (5) |
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2.7 Conclusion: The Immanent Critique |
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72 | (7) |
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74 | (5) |
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3 Responding Together in the Face of the Lord |
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79 | (52) |
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3.1 Worshipping in Nanping |
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82 | (7) |
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3.2 Visiting the Gospel Church |
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89 | (7) |
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3.3 Hearing a Sunday Service |
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96 | (6) |
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3.4 Theoretical Echoes of the Sunday Service |
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102 | (22) |
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103 | (9) |
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112 | (5) |
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117 | (7) |
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124 | (7) |
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129 | (2) |
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4 Revealing the Pastoral Church Through Elderly Care |
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131 | (66) |
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4.1 The Socio-political Background of an Aging Nation |
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135 | (6) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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The Situation of Yanping District |
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139 | (2) |
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4.2 A First Step: The Ren'ai Home |
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141 | (8) |
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4.3 The Rental Home Tutelary Entity: The Church |
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149 | (4) |
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4.4 The Rebirth of the Elderly Home |
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153 | (14) |
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Opening a Second Elderly Home: The Ren'ai Nursing Home |
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153 | (7) |
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Religious Life in the Two Homes |
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160 | (4) |
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Fusion and Transition to the Sheng'ai Nursing Home |
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164 | (3) |
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4.5 The Multiple Facets of a Collective Christian Project |
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167 | (11) |
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Serving the Elderly, But Also Those in Need |
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167 | (2) |
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Generating a Sustainable Institution |
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169 | (2) |
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Building Up Multilateral Political Merits |
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171 | (4) |
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175 | (3) |
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4.6 The Key Actors in the Life of the Nursing Home: The Pastoral Clergy |
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178 | (7) |
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The Apparition of the Pastoral Clergy |
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178 | (2) |
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Nanping Religious Experts and Specialists |
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180 | (3) |
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Negotiating the Pastoral Functions |
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183 | (2) |
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4.7 The Twin Collaboration Between "Church" and "Pastor" |
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185 | (1) |
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Within One Body, Under One Head: The Framing of a Christianizing Assemblage |
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186 | (1) |
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Beyond Groups and Competition |
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187 | (2) |
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The Ambivalent Shadow of the Modern Chinese State |
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189 | (1) |
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4.8 Conclusion: Toward a Christian Relatedness? |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (5) |
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Part II The Networking of the Three |
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197 | (90) |
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199 | (40) |
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5.1 Variations and Continuities Among Nanping Christian Offering Boxes |
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202 | (1) |
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Boxes of Merit in the Nanping Religious Landscape |
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202 | (3) |
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Recycling Offering Boxes in Christianizing Assemblages |
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205 | (4) |
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Renaming Offering Boxes in Christianizing Assemblages |
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209 | (7) |
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5.2 Thanksgiving at the Gospel Church |
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216 | (7) |
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5.3 Echoes from the Celebration of Thanksgiving |
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Who Designs This Thanksgiving Service? |
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223 | (2) |
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What Do the Offerings Say About Those Actors and Their Relations? |
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225 | (3) |
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Worshiping the Present Lord and Suggesting Cosmological Implications |
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228 | (2) |
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Worshiping the Present Lord and Suggesting Anthropological Implications |
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230 | (1) |
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Worshiping the Present Lord and Suggesting a New Social Order |
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231 | (3) |
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5.4 Conclusion: Empowering Gifts |
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234 | (2) |
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236 | (3) |
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6 The Bloody Business of Christian Conversion |
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239 | (38) |
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6.1 The Gospel Church Dealing with Blood |
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241 | (4) |
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6.2 The Blood of Christ Within the Gospel Church |
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245 | (7) |
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6.3 The Other Christianizing Assemblages Dealing with Blood and Holy Wine |
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252 | (3) |
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6.4 Blood and Wine in the Nanping Context of Chinese Religiosities |
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255 | (4) |
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6.5 Toward a Christian Teaching on Blood in the Chinese Context? |
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259 | (2) |
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Toward a Superior Reference: The Engaging Christian Face |
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261 | (4) |
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Unity and Diversity: The Power of the Christian Center |
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265 | (6) |
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6.6 Conclusion: Blood and Christian Conversion |
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271 | (4) |
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275 | (2) |
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7 Conclusion: The Tree of Life |
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277 | (10) |
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280 | (5) |
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285 | (2) |
Index |
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