This issue opens with a report
by Terre Flower on Chinese theological internships in Canada, sponsored by the
Canada-China Programme and another on the first graduating class of the Nanjing
Theological Seminary. It features a sermon by Bishop KH Ting, titled
“Passion-Search-Worship.” It contain an excerpt from the first issue of the
Amity Foundation newsletter on its purpose, goals and project initiatives. The
section of news vignettes on religious affairs in China is particularly long,
concluding with a report by Terre Flower called “China and the Nuclear Arm’s
Race.” It excerpts statements of Zhao Puchu and KH Ting from the Beijing Forum
on Safeguarding World Peace initiated by the Chinese Association for
International Understanding, in Beijing (June 4th-6th).
Terre Flower also analyzes the status of women in China, examining statement of
delegates at the United Nation’s End of the World Conference for the Review and
Appraisal of the UN Decade for Women. The issue also provides a transcript of
the speech by Chen Yun (economist, member of Standing Committee of the Chinese
Communist Party Central Committee) to the closing session of the CCP’s National
Conference. It concludes with a special extensive report on the theological
education of Protestants in China, including the syllabus, finances and
theological education in a post-denominational Christianity.
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