Converts to civil society
Subtitle: Christianity and political culture in contemporary Hong Kong
By: Lida V. Nedilsky
Series: Studies in world Christianity; Studies in world Christianity (Waco, Tex.)
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Waco, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781481300322
Subjects: Religion and civil society; Politische Kultur; Christentum; Christianity and politics; Christianity; Zivilgesellschaft; Civil society; Konversion
Description: "Lida V. Nedilsky captures the public ramifications of a personal, Christian faith at the time of Hong Kong's pivotal political turmoil. From 1997 to 2008, in the much-anticipated reintegration of Hong Kong into Chinese sovereignty, she conducted detailed interviews of more than fifty Hong Kong people and then followed their daily lives, documenting their involvement at the intersection of church and state.-"Jacket Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A question of competence; title: Conversion to Christianity; title: Conversion to civil society; title: The work of civil society; title: Passing the torch; title: The question of convergence.