China and the True Jesus - Charisma and Organization in a Chinese Christian Church

The True Jesus Church was China's first major native Christian denomination and one of the earliest expressions of the charismatic and Pentecostal tradition that now dominates Chinese Christianity. Founded in 1917, after a silk merchant had a vision of Jesus, the Church was characterized by dramatic healings, exorcisms, tongues-speaking, and a call for a return to authentic Christianity that challenged the Western missionary establishment in China. In this history of the True Jesus Church, Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye links together key themes from modern Chinese social history to tell the story of how members of the True Jesus Church in China over the past century have sought to muster divine and human resources to transform their world.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• Abbreviations


• Chronology


• Introduction


• 1 - Missionaries in the Manchu City


• 2 - A Smaller, Bigger World


• 3 - The First and Last Day


• 4 - The Three Lives of Deaconess Yang


• 5 - Four Governments in China


• 6 - Saving Comrade Stalin's Soul


• 7 - The Handwritten Hymnbook


• 8 - Don't Be Like the Gentiles


• 9 - The Parable of the Cursed Chicken


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Notes


• Index

About the author

Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye is a Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Auckland. Her areas of research interest include the social and cultural history of modern China, charismatic global Christianity, and women and religion. She received her Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University in 2011.

Additional text

China and the True Jesus provides a fascinating window into the world of twentieth century Chinese Christianity, allowing undergraduate and masters level students to journey with real Chinese believers through a century of richly contextualised lived theology.

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye, Melissa Wei-Tsing (Senior Lecturer Inouye
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.06.2020
• EAN: 9780197507346
• ISBN: 978-0-19-750734-6
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Religion / Christian Church / General, RELIGION / Eastern, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, Christian life & practice, Religion & politics, Christian Churches & denominations, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Christian institutions & organizations, Religion and Politics, Christian life and practice, Religion and beliefs, RELIGION / Christian Living / General, Religious institutions and organizations, East Asian religions, Oriental Religions, Jesus Religion China