Tim Tseng
Fuller Theological Seminary, Asian American Center, Faculty Member
Book review of _Ecclesial Diversity in Chinese Christianity_ Edited by Alexander Chow and Easten Law.
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L'a. s'interroge sur le devenir des Eglises baptistes americaines d'origine asiatique, qui sont menacees par l'assimilation d'une part et le discours politique ambiant, d'autre part. En effet, d'apres l'a.... more
L'a. s'interroge sur le devenir des Eglises baptistes americaines d'origine asiatique, qui sont menacees par l'assimilation d'une part et le discours politique ambiant, d'autre part. En effet, d'apres l'a. on assiste a un nivellement des differences raciales et culturelles aux Etats-Unis de nos jours. Cependant, l'A. doute que le racisme antiasiatique disparaisse et pense que les Eglises americaines d'origine asiatique ont un role a jouer dans le renouvellement de la chretiente nord-americaine.
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... Only among those who recently migrated from China such as refugees from the Chinese Civil War would ... participation from Chinese churches affiliated with mainline Protestantism. Mainline Chinese American church leaders were clearly... more
... Only among those who recently migrated from China such as refugees from the Chinese Civil War would ... participation from Chinese churches affiliated with mainline Protestantism. Mainline Chinese American church leaders were clearly not receptive to erasing their ...
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Between 1911 and 1949, when Chinese Nationalists on the mainland and in the Diaspora sought to modernize their nation, many Chinese Protestants undertook a quest to make their religion socially and po litically relevant for an emerging... more
Between 1911 and 1949, when Chinese Nationalists on the mainland and in the Diaspora sought to modernize their nation, many Chinese Protestants undertook a quest to make their religion socially and po litically relevant for an emerging New China. Attributing European and American economic and military dominance and apparent cul tural superiority to the leavening influence of Christianity, they yearned to see Protestantism play just as significant a role in China's reawakening and reconstruction.2 Chinese Protestants in the United States were especially active in their efforts to build a new China, but most could do little more than contribute financial support for the state and provide some of the missionaries' material needs.3 The ma
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... TIMOTHY TSENG is assistant professor of Church History at Denver Seminary. ... with Protestant clergy and lawyers to fight discriminatory practices and exclusionary immigration laws.6 Presbyterian minister, Ng Poon Chew (Wu Panzhao),... more
... TIMOTHY TSENG is assistant professor of Church History at Denver Seminary. ... with Protestant clergy and lawyers to fight discriminatory practices and exclusionary immigration laws.6 Presbyterian minister, Ng Poon Chew (Wu Panzhao), founding editor of the Chung Sai Yat Po ...
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This essay critically analyzes the emergence of the study of Asian American religions as a subfield, "betwixt and between" Asian American studies and American religions. It also reviews the history of the development of... more
This essay critically analyzes the emergence of the study of Asian American religions as a subfield, "betwixt and between" Asian American studies and American religions. It also reviews the history of the development of the subfield as well as the intellectual challenges and opportunities in the study of both Asian religions in the United States and Christian traditions in Asian America. Overall, this essay concludes that a more complex and comprehensive understanding of Asian American agency is at stake in the scholarship as it concerns Asian American religions in general and Asian American religious history in particular. Keywords: Asian American movement, historical agency, Orientalism, religion, spiritual hybridity
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This article examines how an indigenous form of evangelicalism became the predominant form of Chinese Protestantism in the United States since 1949. Chinese-American Protestantism was so thoroughly reconstructed by separatist immigrants... more
This article examines how an indigenous form of evangelicalism became the predominant form of Chinese Protestantism in the United States since 1949. Chinese-American Protestantism was so thoroughly reconstructed by separatist immigrants from the Diaspora and American-born (or American-raised) evangelicals that affiliation with mainline Protestant denominations and organizations is no longer desired. This development has revitalized Chinese-American Protestantism. Indeed, Chinese evangelicalism is one of the fastest-growing religions in China, the Chinese Diaspora, and among Chinese in America. Though the percentage of Chinese Americans affiliated with Christianity is not nearly as high as that of Korean Americans, Chinese-American Protestantism has achieved impressive numeric growth over the past fifty years. Much of this growth can be attributed to the large number of Chinese who have migrated to North America since World War II.