Faith as Lived in Private Life and Public Space: A Lisu Village Christian Church in Fugong / 私人生活、公共空间与信仰实践——以云南福贡基督教会为中心的考察
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Dec 30, 2015
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Article Category: Research Article
Published Online: Dec 30, 2015
Page range: 164 - 178
Received: Apr 12, 2015
Accepted: Aug 04, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cdc-2015-0014
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©2015 by Huang Jianbo, published by De Gruyter Open
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In the Lisu village of Fugong, Yunnan, Christianity does not merely serve as a theological resource with which villagers seek personal redemption. It also saturates every corner of their private and family lives, engaging directly with various issues including important ceremonies of life and other daily matters. More important, as a community itself, the local church becomes a public place. It is also an organizational foundation and resource for communal interaction and rural governance.