The Greatest Threat to the Chinese Church (2): Popular Religion

The Greatest Threat to the Chinese Church (2): Popular Religion

In recent decades, Chinese popular religion – sometimes called folk religion – has staged a massive comeback, especially in the countryside. In a land where religions of all sorts were banned and apparently banished forever during the Great Cultural Revolution (1966 -1976), things have returned to “normal,” with the added presence of Christianity.

The Greatest Threat to the Chinese Church

The Greatest Threat to the Chinese Church

One of the principal streams of Chinese culture is Confucianism in its many forms and expressions. After reading several chapters on the interplay between Confucianism and Christianity in Christianity and Chinese Culture, I am even more convinced of its pervasive presence not only in Chinese society but in the Chinese church. Allow me to explain.