Christian Social Services in China: Growths and Limitation

This paper discusses the types, faith attributes, development characteristics, and limitations of Christian social organizations in China. China’s religious social service organizations mainly include four types of organizations: associations, private non-enterprise units, foundations, and venues fo...

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Autor principal:	Jianguo Gao
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Christianity Chinese Christian social services church–state relations de-religionization cultural sensitivity Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9abe60e0434b4bada22b5a86f63cbf432021-11-25T18:52:52ZChristian Social Services in China: Growths and Limitation10.3390/rel121109552077-1444https://doaj.org/article/9abe60e0434b4bada22b5a86f63cbf432021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/955https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444This paper discusses the types, faith attributes, development characteristics, and limitations of Christian social organizations in China. China’s religious social service organizations mainly include four types of organizations: associations, private non-enterprise units, foundations, and venues for religious activities. From the perspective of faith attributes, they can be divided into faith-permeated organizations, faith-centered organizations, faith-affiliated organizations, faith-background organizations, and faith–secular partnerships. Since the reform and opening up in 1978, China’s Christian social services have been in a period of organizational reconstruction. The main development characteristics are as follows: (a) social services have begun to take on multiple forms; (b) institutional services have transferred their original focus on those with disabilities to the elderly, and the services have been gradually extended from the low-income populations to other target groups; and (c) the basic functions of social services are still in the recovery stage, and the organizational system and service scale are not complete and sufficient. The multiple limitations of Christian social services involve (a) the social development stage and institutional background; (b) government policy text and implementation; and (c) maturity of its own organizational structure and service ability. There is still a long way to go to achieve the basic goals of reconstruction and development.Jianguo GaoMDPI AGarticleChristianityChinese Christiansocial serviceschurch–state relationsde-religionizationcultural sensitivityReligions. Mythology. RationalismBL1-2790ENReligions, Vol 12, Iss 955, p 955 (2021)
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topic	Christianity Chinese Christian social services church–state relations de-religionization cultural sensitivity Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
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description	This paper discusses the types, faith attributes, development characteristics, and limitations of Christian social organizations in China. China’s religious social service organizations mainly include four types of organizations: associations, private non-enterprise units, foundations, and venues for religious activities. From the perspective of faith attributes, they can be divided into faith-permeated organizations, faith-centered organizations, faith-affiliated organizations, faith-background organizations, and faith–secular partnerships. Since the reform and opening up in 1978, China’s Christian social services have been in a period of organizational reconstruction. The main development characteristics are as follows: (a) social services have begun to take on multiple forms; (b) institutional services have transferred their original focus on those with disabilities to the elderly, and the services have been gradually extended from the low-income populations to other target groups; and (c) the basic functions of social services are still in the recovery stage, and the organizational system and service scale are not complete and sufficient. The multiple limitations of Christian social services involve (a) the social development stage and institutional background; (b) government policy text and implementation; and (c) maturity of its own organizational structure and service ability. There is still a long way to go to achieve the basic goals of reconstruction and development.
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Christian Social Services in China: Growths and Limitation

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