By Caroline Fielder China has enjoyed a long and rich history of religious charity and philanthropy with some of the earliest forms of Chinese charity inspired by Confucian, Buddhist and Daoist teachings promoting the values of benevolence and compassion and…
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By Ting Guo What do we talk about when we talk about religion in China? As someone who had the opportunity to major in Religious Studies as an undergrad in China before further studies abroad, I reflect back on my…
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By David Stroup On a cold, gray day in early December 2015, I sat in a booth in a restaurant in Jinan’s Hui Quarter. Specializing in the famous halal hand-pulled noodles (shou gong la mian), the staff of the restaurant…
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By Mark McLeister Zheng Shengjie, a second-generation Christian, is a young preacher and one of the leaders of a growing Three-Self-affiliated congregation in Huanghaicheng. Shengjie was originally named Zheng Xinkai by his mother, a clear reference to Deng Xiaoping’s ‘reform and…
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Written by Jane Caple As China has got richer, more funds have flowed to monasteries on the Tibetan plateau. Growing interest in Tibetan Buddhism among affluent urban Chinese has been an important factor, but there has also been an upsurge…
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By Editor Religion and spirituality are a crucial part of life, culture and politics in contemporary China. In spite of often brutal attempts at eradication during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), many different kinds of religion and spiritual practice have been…
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