Monday 5 May 2014

CCP China & Ourselves 44

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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