Negotiating identity
Subtitle: exploring tensions between being Hakka and being Christian in northwestern Taiwan
By: Ethan J. Christofferson
Series: American Society of Missiology monograph series -- vol. 13
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781610975032
Subjects: Ethnic identity; Missions; Identification (Religion); Christianity and culture; Social constructionism; Christianity; Religion; Hakka (Chinese people); Ethnicity; Identity (Psychology)
Description: Negotiating Identity addresses the missiological problem of why the Hakka Chinese Christian community in Taiwan is so small despite evangelistic efforts there for more than 140 years. Christofferson explores the tensions between being Hakka and being Christian in northwestern Taiwan and discusses what both Hakka non-Christians and Christians are doing and saying in the context of these tensions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: Research problem; title: Precedent literature; title: Research methodology; title: Being Hakka in northwestern Taiwan; title: Non-Christian Hakkas in northwestern Taiwan and being Christian; title: Christian Hakkas in northwestern Taiwan in the context of negative categorizations of being Christian; title: Summary, implications, and recommendations; title: Appendix 1. Interview questions; title: Appendix 2. Three-memorials ceremony (Zhuisisanli).