{"product_id":"schism-christie-chui-shan-chow-9780268200527","title":"Schism: Seventh-Day Adventism in Post-Denominational China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchism\u003c\/i\u003e is the first ethnographic and historical study of Seventh-day Adventism in China.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars have been slow to consider Chinese Protestantism from a denominational standpoint. In \u003ci\u003eSchism\u003c\/i\u003e, the first monograph that documents the life of the Chinese Adventist denomination from the mid-1970s to the 2010s, Christie Chui-Shan Chow explores how Chinese Seventh-day Adventists have used schism as a tool to retain, revive, and recast their unique ecclesial identity in a religious habitat that resists diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on unpublished archival materials, fieldwork, oral history, and social media research, Chow demonstrates how Chinese Adventists adhere to their denominational character both by recasting the theologies and faith practices that they inherited from American missionaries in the early twentieth century and by engaging with local politics and culture. This book locates the Adventist movement in broader Chinese sociopolitical and religious contexts and explores the multiple agents at work in the movement, including intrachurch divisions among Adventist believers, growing encounters between local and overseas Adventists, and the denomination's ongoing interactions with local Chinese authorities and other Protestants. The Adventist schisms show that global Adventist theology and practices continue to inform their engagement with sociopolitical transformations and changes in China today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchism\u003c\/i\u003e will compel scholars to reassess the existing interpretations of the history of Protestant Christianity in China during the Maoist years and the more recent developments during the Reform era. It will interest scholars and students of Chinese history and religion, global Christianity, American religion, and Seventh-day Adventism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christie Chui-Shan Chow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268200521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268200527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Christie Chui-Shan Chow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44129945190655,"sku":"9780268200527","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8466855-ba7e-4db8-b069-59ee2b76c5ad.jpg?v=1687466680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/schism-christie-chui-shan-chow-9780268200527","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}