Forming Christians through Musicking in China

Religions

卷:8

Swee Hong Lim¹ 

[1] Emmanuel College, University of Toronto, 75 Queen’s Park Crescent, Toronto, ON M5S 1K7, Canada;

关键词: China;    Asian;    theology;    worship;    musicking;    ideoscape;    mediascape;    congregational song;    sinicization;    contextualization;   

DOI  :  10.3390/rel8040050

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In recent years, authorities in mainland China have renewed their call for the sinicization of Christianity through theological discourse. Given that Christianity is largely expressed in visible, worship-based ways, such as music (songs), rhetoric (sermons), rituals (sacraments), symbols (crosses, garments, banners, etc.), posture and gesture (genuflecting, lifting hands, etc.), one wonders at the implication of this development. Might there be an alternative approach to sinicization? This essay seeks to investigate the feasibility of sinicized Christianity from the ontology of musicking as purveyed through the practice of congregational song.

【 授权许可】

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