Study on the Interaction of the Sinicization of Christianity and the Reconstruction of Cross-border Ethnic Minorities Cultures in Yunnan

Authors

  • Zhiying GAO Yunnan University and Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, China
  • Donglei WANG Yunnan University and Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37819/ijsws.20.114

Keywords:

Yunnan ethnic minorities, Sinicization, Christianization, Interactive development

Abstract

"I'm Sinicization of Christianity? which is the developing strategy and practice to make Christianity adapt to Chinese culture. It corresponds to the Christianization of Chinese ethnic minority people who believed in Christianity. From the perspective of cultural interaction, borrowing and blending, the study explores the motivation, process and characteristics of the interactive development between the localization and contextualization of Christianity in Yunnan ethnic minorities ' areas and the Christianization of ethnic minorities' cultures by historical com bi ng and synchronic comparison. Mostly between Christianity and ethnic minorities' traditional cultures had experienced from the estrangement, and coexisted with each other and blending process > and finished the Christian from "in" to the transition of “again”, so as to realize the Sinicizational characteristics of the regional > national > but also make the border ethnic cultural reconstruct.

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Published

2021-07-14

Issue

Section

Church History in the West and in China

How to Cite

Study on the Interaction of the Sinicization of Christianity and the Reconstruction of Cross-border Ethnic Minorities Cultures in Yunnan. (2021). International Journal of Sino-Western Studies, 20, 157-172. https://doi.org/10.37819/ijsws.20.114