Jesus Christ for the Chinese: A Contextual Reflection

Enoch Wan. The final article in a series, we examine three factors (i.e. historical reality, geographic proximity and cultural identity) that caused the traditional Chinese’s perception of Christianity being “Jesus Christ from the West.” A Sino-Christology is proposed which includes a method of “relational theologizing”, a definition of salvation as reconciled relationship vertically with GodContinue reading “Jesus Christ for the Chinese: A Contextual Reflection”

Christianity in the East and the West. Theological Contributions of Sino-theology to the Global Christian Community (Part One).

Enoch Wan. Historically speaking, China has contributed culturally to the global community by the introduction of the compass, gun powder, tea (from Swato “der”), porcelain (or “china”), silk, etc. Similarly, Sino-theology can also contribute theologically to the global community. The purpose of this article is to show that Chinese Christians by their efforts in formulatingContinue reading “Christianity in the East and the West. Theological Contributions of Sino-theology to the Global Christian Community (Part One).”