Taiping Theology: The Localization of Christianity in China, 1843–64
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 183
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1057/978-1-137-53728-7
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- ISBN
- 9781137543141
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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A - Race, religion and community
- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Taiping Theology is based on six years of doctoral and postdoctoral research. It incorporates English-language archival materials and original Chinese documents relating to the Taiping Rebellion. Examining these varied materials from an interdisciplinary perspective, the book argues in six thematic chapters that the Taipings localised Christianity in their theology, ethics, and ritual practices. This argument not only challenges existing interpretations that have downplayed the importance of religious influences within the rebellion, but also promotes a more culturally inclusive approach to the study of world Christianity by emphasising the relationship between translation and cultural transformation.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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