Making Christ Present in China Actor Network Theory and the Anthropology of Christianity 1st Edition by Michel Chambon ISBN 3030556042 978-3030556044

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ISBN 10: 3030556042

ISBN 13: 978-3030556044 

Author: Michel Chambon

 An anthropological theorization of the unity and diversity of Christianity, this book focuses on Christian communities in Nanping, a small city in China. It applies methodological insights from Actor-Network Theory to investigate how the Christian God is made part of local social networks. The study examines how Christians interact with and re-define material objects, such as buildings, pews, offerings, and blood, in order to identify the kind of networks and non-human actors that they collectively design. By comparing local Christian traditions with other practices informing the Nanping religious landscape, the study points out potential cohesion via the centralizing presence of the Christian God, the governing nature of the pastoral clergy, and the semi-transcendent being of the Church.

Table of contents: 

1. Studying Chinese Christianity

1.1. Dialoguing with the Anthropology of Religion and Anthropology of Christianity
1.2. Theoretical Issues and Methodological Approach
1.3. Being an Ethnographer Among Chinese Christians

• Christianity in the Continent of the Gods

• Doing Fieldwork at the Gospel Church in Nanping

• What Counts as “Christian” in Nanping?
  1.4. Nanping’s Six Christianizing Assemblages
  1.5. Chapters and Arguments Summary
  References

Part I: The Epiphany of the Three

2. Building Churches on Chinese Soil

2.1. Nanping Territories
2.2. The Zhanghu Township
2.3. The Christianizing Presence Across the Zhanghu Area
2.4. Crossing Yanping District
2.5. The Wen and the Wu of Yanping District
2.6. The Typical Church
2.7. Conclusion: The Immanent Critique
References

3. Responding Together in the Face of the Lord

3.1. Worshipping in Nanping
3.2. Visiting the Gospel Church
3.3. Hearing a Sunday Service
3.4. Theoretical Echoes of the Sunday Service

• Disciplining the Body

• The Realm of Sound

• The Epiphany of the Face
  3.5. Concluding Remarks
  References

4. Revealing the Pastoral Church Through Elderly Care

4.1. The Socio-political Background of an Aging Nation

• 1949-1979

• 1979-Today

• The Situation of Yanping District
  4.2. A First Step: The Ren’ai Home
  4.3. The Ren’ai Home Tutelary Entity: The Church
  4.4. The Rebirth of the Elderly Home

• Opening a Second Elderly Home: The Ren’ai Nursing Home

• Religious Life in the Two Homes

• Fusion and Transition to the Sheng’ai Nursing Home
  4.5. The Multiple Facets of a Collective Christian Project

• Serving the Elderly, But Also Those in Need

• Generating a Sustainable Institution

• Building Up Multilateral Political Merits

• Sharing the Gospel
  4.6. The Key Actors in the Life of the Nursing Home: The Pastoral Clergy

• The Apparition of the Pastoral Clergy

• Nanping Religious Experts and Specialists

• Negotiating the Pastoral Functions
  4.7. The Twin Collaboration Between “Church” and “Pastor”

• Within One Body, Under One Head: The Framing of a Christianizing Assemblage

• Beyond Groups and Competition

• The Ambivalent Shadow of the Modern Chinese State
  4.8. Conclusion: Toward a Christian Relatedness?
  References

Part II: The Networking of the Three

5. The Overflow of Gifts

5.1. Variations and Continuities Among Nanping Christian Offering Boxes

• Boxes of Merit in the Nanping Religious Landscape

• Recycling Offering Boxes in Christianizing Assemblages

• Renaming Offering Boxes in Christianizing Assemblages
  5.2. Thanksgiving at the Gospel Church
  5.3. Echoes from the Celebration of Thanksgiving

• Who Designs This Thanksgiving Service?

• What Do the Offerings Say About Those Actors and Their Relations?

• Worshiping the Present Lord and Suggesting Cosmological Implications

• Worshiping the Present Lord and Suggesting Anthropological Implications

• Worshiping the Present Lord and Suggesting a New Social Order
  5.4. Conclusion: Empowering Gifts
  References

6. The Bloody Business of Christian Conversion

6.1. The Gospel Church Dealing with Blood
6.2. The Blood of Christ Within the Gospel Church
6.3. The Other Christianizing Assemblages Dealing with Blood and Holy Wine
6.4. Blood and Wine in the Nanping Context of Chinese Religiosities
6.5. Toward a Christian Teaching on Blood in the Chinese Context?

• Toward a Superior Reference: The Engaging Christian Face

• Unity and Diversity: The Power of the Christian Center
  6.6. Conclusion: Blood and Christian Conversion
  References

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