Wickeri / Küster Unfinished History

Christianity and the Cold War in East Asia
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-374-04746-8
Verlag: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 18, 284 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm

Reihe: ContactZone

This is the first collection of essays to discuss the impact of the Cold War (1945-1990) on Christianity in East Asia. In historical overviews, case studies and theological reflections, scholars from Asia, Europe and North America explore the variety of ways in which the Cold War has shaped the churches’ involvement in society, politics and culture. The Cold War continues to have an impact the Korean peninsula, in Greater China and throughout the region. Churches are challenged to address the issues of the past that affect Christian life today.

[Die in diesem Band gesammelten Aufsätze setzen sich erstmals aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven mit den Auswirkungen des Kalten Krieges (1945-1990) auf das Christentum in Ostasien auseinander. In geschichtlichen Übersichten, Fallbeispielen und theologischen Erörterungen erkunden Wissenschaftler aus Asien, Europa und Nordamerika die vielfältigen Wege in denen er das Engagement der Kirchen in Gesellschaft, Politik und Kultur beeinflußt hat. Der Kalte Krieg wirkt auf der Koreanischen Halbinsel, China und vielen anderen Ländern der Region noch stets nach. Die Kirchen sind herausgefordert, sich diesem geschichtlichem Erbe zu stellen, das Auswirkungen bis in das christliche Leben heute hat.]

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wickeri, Philip L.

Küster, Volker

Weitere Mitwirkende

Küster, Volker

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS

Preface 7

Introduction 9

Religion and US Policy toward China during the Early Cold War
Qiang Zhai 13

Changing Perceptions and Interpretations of the Cold War – A Case Study of the National Christian Council of China, 1945-1949
Peter Chen-main Wang 33

“Cold War Religion” and the Protestant Churches in East Asia and the West
Philip L. Wickeri 55

The Survival of the “Instrument”– A Case Study of the Christian Church in Shantou during the Cold War
Weiqing Hu 75

Voices from the Bamboo Curtain – A Study of the Audience
Response to the Christian Broadcasting in Maoist China (1959-1968)
Fuk-tsang Ying 111

The Cold War and Beyond: The Chinese Christian Diaspora’s Image of the Communist Party of China and the Politics of Identification – The Case of Xie Fuya
Yang Weihua 133

A Catholic “Disturbance” in Taiyuan Diocese, Shanxi Province, 1965
Wang Meixiu 159

Crossing the Bamboo Curtain –The Japanese Christian Delegation to the Chinese Church in 1957
Yosuke Matsutani 175

Political Ideology and Theological Rhetoric – The Case of the True Jesus Church in Taiwan in the Cold War (1945-1990)
Yen-zen Tsai 195

Churches in the Divided Nation – An Analysis of the Korean Christianity Structured by the Cold War System, 1945-1990
Jin Kwan Kwon 215

The Korean War – Different Responses from the World Council of Churches, Chinese Churches, and Korean Churches
Heung Soo Kim 231

Another Child of Conflict – Korean Minjung Theology and the Cold War in Asia
Volker Ku¨ster 247

Afterword 275
List of Contributors 279
Appendix 281

1;Cover;1
2;Impressum;5
3;Contents;6
4;Preface;8
5;Introduction;10
6;Religion and US Policy toward China during the Early Cold War;14
6.1;1. Religion in American History and the Cold War;15
6.2;2. Truman’s China Policy and the Missionary Legacy;18
6.3;3. Eisenhower, Dulles and China: the Impact of Christianity on American Policy;24
6.4;Conclusion;32
7;Changing Perceptions and Interpretations of the Cold War – A Case Study of the National Christian Council of China,1945-1949;34
7.1;1. The National Christian Council of China;36
7.2;2. The First Phase, August 1945 - early 1947;41
7.3;3. The Second Phase, early 1947-early 1949;49
7.4;Conclusion;54
8;“Cold War Religion” and the Protestant Churches in East Asia and the West;56
8.1;1. Themes and Subjects in the Study of Cold War religion, with particular respect to East Asia;59
8.2;2. Cold War Religion in East Asia and the West;65
8.3;3. The Separation of “The Diocese of Hong Kong and Macau” from the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui;70
8.4;4. The Unfinished History of Cold War Religion;74
9;The Survival of the “Instrument”– A Case Study of the Christian Church in Shantou during the Cold War;76
9.1;1. Transfer of Church Properties and Severance of Ties with Outside Groups;77
9.2;2. Inseverable “Ties”;83
9.3;3. Identification and Acceptance;98
9.4;4. The Choice between “Progressive” and “Reactionary”;104
9.5;Conclusion;109
10;Voices from the Bamboo Curtain – A Study of the Audience Response to the Christian Broadcasting in Maoist China (1959-1968);112
10.1;1. The Background of Gospel Broadcasting in China;114
10.2;2. Analysis of Listeners’ Letters Between the 1950s and 1960s;118
10.3;Conclusion;130
11;The Cold War and Beyond: The Chinese Christian Diaspora’s Image of the Communist Party of China and the Politics of Identification –The Case of Xie Fuya;134
11.1;1. CPC Image and Identity in the 30 Years Following the Founding of the People’s Republic of China;135
11.2;2. Who Represents China – National Identity and the Politics of Identification;143
11.3;3. Beyond the Cold War: “Post-Cultural-Revolution-Era” China, Politics and Identification;149
11.4;4. Renouncing Chinese Communist dogma and one-party despotism and moving toward freedom and democracy was the path for China;153
11.5;Conclusion;158
12;A Catholic “Disturbance” in Taiyuan Diocese, Shanxi Province, 1965;160
12.1;1. The Catholic community in Taiyuan before the “Disturbance in the Catholic Church in Taiyuan”;162
12.2;2. Preliminary reconstruction of the “Disturbance in the Catholic Church in Taiyuan”;164
12.3;3. Who Bore Responsibility for the “Catholic Disturbance” in Taiyuan?;172
13;Crossing the Bamboo Curtain –The Japanese Christian Delegation to the Chinese Church in 1957;176
13.1;1. Re-establishing Ecumenical Relations;177
13.2;2. Efforts to Form a JC Delegation to the Chinese Church;178
13.3;3. Japanese Christians’ view of Communist China and the Chinese Church;189
13.4;Conclusion;193
14;Political Ideology and Theological Rhetoric – The Case of the True Jesus Church in Taiwan in the Cold War (1945-1990);196
14.1;1. The True Jesus Church;198
14.2;2. Church and State relations;208
14.3;Conclusion;213
15;Churches in the Divided Nation – An Analysis of the Korean Christianity Structured by the Cold War System, 1945-1990;216
15.1;1. The Cultural, Pseudo-Religious Characteristics of the Cold War;218
15.2;2. The Juche Ideology in North Korea;219
15.3;3. South Korean Christianity;221
15.4;4. Some Theological Distortions during the Cold War;225
15.5;Conclusion;229
16;The Korean War – Different Responses from the World Council of Churches, Chinese Churches, and Korean Churches;232
16.1;1. The Stages of the Korean War;232
16.2;2. WCC Statement on the Korean Situation;234
16.3;3. Chinese Church’s Response;237
16.4;4. South Korean Churches;241
16.5;5. North Korean Reactions;243
16.6;Conclusion;245
17;Another Child of Conflict – Korean Minjung Theology and the Cold War in Asia;248
17.1;1. People as the subjects of history;249
17.2;2. The suffering of the people and the passion of Christ;254
17.3;3. People’s hopes for reunification of the country and the resurrection of Christ;260
17.4;4. Creating interstitial spaces and memory scapes and the reconciliation in Jesus Christ;263
18;Afterword;276
19;List of Contributors;280
20;Appendix;282
21;Weitere Veröffentlichungen;285