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November 2023

November 20, 2023

Americans, not Asians, have Positive Illusions

People in the U.S. Think They Are Better Than They Actually Are. People in Asia...

October 2022

October 25, 2022

The Psychology of Broad and Eastern Thinking

Have you ever thought about the link between cognitive psychology, Eastern thinking, and biblical theology?...

November 2021

November 02, 2021

Why punish parents for kids’ bad behavior?

China is now considering a new law where parents could be punished for their children’s...

March 2021

March 03, 2021

Here is the ChinaSource March Lecture: “Confucian Shame in Christian Thinking” (by Jackson Wu)

January 2021

January 05, 2021

Six Approaches to Contextualization in China

The following six categories signify six ways that theologians and missiologists talk about and do...

February 2020

February 03, 2020

Why Are Drones Shaming Chinese Citizens? The Coronavirus

It’s a truism to say war and suffering expose the best and worst about human...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

“Grace in the City” Shares Sermons from Chinese Pastors

Nicholas Romanin reviews a new book, Grace to the City: Studies in the Gospel from...

December 11, 2019

Why Westerners Don’t See Shame as a Virtue

Why does shame have a bad name in the West, yet Confucian societies regard shame...

December 04, 2019

3 Features of Moral Shame

This is Part Two of my "interview" highlighting key ideas from Bongrae Seok’s Moral Psychology of...

November 2019

November 25, 2019

When being shameless is shameful

Have you ever noticed the peculiar way we talk about shame? We don’t want people...

August 2019

August 07, 2019

Sinicization with “American Characteristics”

“Sinicization” is the name that describes China’s most recent attempts to systematically undermine Christianity in...

May 2019

May 08, 2019

7 Reasons Why Sinicization is Not Rhetoric This Time

Some people have expressed their doubt about China’s recent initiative to “Sinicize” Christianity. They suspect...

April 2019

April 03, 2019

The nitty gritty of the China’s social credit system. Could this happen in America?

You’ve heard that China is creating a social credit system. This is the system where...

January 2019

January 03, 2019

Why a free gift almost cost a friendship

You shouldn’t try to be my friend; rather, you should treat me like a beggar...

December 2018

December 13, 2018

Part 2 of Pastor Wang Yi’s Open Letter Released after His Arrest

This is the second article where I post Pastor Wang Yi's open letter with my...

December 12, 2018

My Take on Wang Yi’s Letter Concerning Civil Disobedience in China

Pastor Wang knew this day was coming. He wrote a letter to be released in...

November 2018

November 19, 2018

How does collectivism influence reciprocity?

In the first post, I gave an overview of reciprocity in China. We then considered...

November 13, 2018

Reciprocity, Collectivism, and the Chinese Church

I’ve said before that patronage might be the most misunderstood and overlooked aspect of traditional...

June 2018

June 06, 2018

Polity and Patronage in Chinese Churches

How do Chinese house churches organize themselves? How does Chinese culture influence church structure? What...

May 2018

May 16, 2018

Stop saying China is becoming “Western”

Here are a few phrases I’ve grown tired of. China is so “Western”...

April 2018

April 18, 2018

Won’t this cause you to lose face?

I noticed a man sitting on the sidewalk begging for money. I asked him to...

January 2018

January 17, 2018

Recent Articles about Reputation and Shame in Chinese Culture

Here are a few recent articles about the influence of honor and shame in contemporary...

December 2017

December 20, 2017

China only needed 7 minutes to capture reporter

Stop whatever you're doing and watch the video below about China's surveillance! The video was...

November 2017

November 01, 2017

How Can Chinese Christians Foster a Reformation Spirit?

We do not honor the Reformers as mere dominoes who catalyzed the Protestant church. Rather,...

April 2017

April 26, 2017

Eastern versus Western Honor & Shame

Every human society cares about honor and shame but not all in the same way....

April 12, 2017

Can Christians eat blood?

An oft debated question among Chinese Christians is this, “Can Christians eat blood?” For some, the...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

If We Say Chinese Have No Sin, We Deceive Ourselves

It began last summer. I awoke to read an email suggesting that Danny Hsu’s article...

March 23, 2017

Is the Chinese Church a Test-Case for “The Benedict Option”?

If you’ve been on the web but haven’t heard of Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option,...

March 01, 2017

Individualism with “Chinese Characteristics”?

“Traditional” views of Chinese culture as so Qing dynasty. That’s what Danny Hsu argues in...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Let Us NOT Praise Famous Men: Success in Ministry

Today's guest post comes from ANDREW T. KAISER, PhD, author of Voices from the Past...