Tian Feng (magazine)
OCLC 182562933 | |
Tian Feng: The Magazine of the Protestant Churches in China | |||
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Traditional Chinese | 天風.中国基督教杂志 | ||
Simplified Chinese | 天风.中国基督教杂志 | ||
Literal meaning | Heavenly wind | ||
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Tian Feng: The Magazine of the Protestant Churches in China[2] (Chinese: 天风.中国基督教杂志; lit. 'Heavenly wind'[3][4]) is the organ of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), the state-sanctioned body of Protestant Christians in China, and the most widely circulated Christian magazine in the country.
The magazine was founded in 1945 as Tian Feng: The Christian Weekly by
History
Tian Feng was founded in 1945 as Tian Feng: The Christian Weekly.
Organ of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement
The
From "The Christian Manifesto" to the Cultural Revolution
During the 1950s and 1960s the contents of the magazine were markedly political.
With the mounting ultra-leftist tendencies that would ultimately lead to the Cultural Revolution, Christian activities became constrained. Although Tian Feng continued publication for the time being, its publication of theological articles ended in 1959.[35]
Although the political flavor was toned down from 1960 on, the magazine remained a "mouthpiece of the government". At the same time, issues became progressively thinner until publication ceased in 1964.[31] The paper was continued after the end of the Cultural Revolution. Its first new printing was on 20 October 1980 with 15,000 copies.[36][37]
Throughout the years, Tian Feng acted as an important platform of publishing for K. H. Ting, the chairman of TSPM.[38]
Most recently, since the TSPM and China Christian Council (CCC) have begun their controversial "Reconstruction of Theological Thinking" project, Tian Feng has lost subscribers.[39]
Format
Tian Feng is now the most popular Christian magazine in China[4] and is distributed on a nationwide basis.[40] At times, it has been the only such magazine available. It is the only Protestant magazine that is sold abroad.[4]
Since publishing restarted in 1980, Tian Feng has been a monthly magazine.[4] It is published jointly by the National Committee of the TSPM and CCC in Shanghai.[41] For CCC, its publishing activities are run by its Tian Feng Editorial Committee.[42]
The magazine disseminates the views of TSPM and CCC as well as religious policy of the
Tian Feng is distributed by local Three-Self Committees and Christian Councils[43] and has a circulation of 130,000.[48] Subscribers include overseas Chinese churches.[43] Its editor-in-chief is Mei Kangjun.[49] Previous editors include Shen Derong and Shen Cheng'en.[49][50]
The magazine is published in Chinese.[51] Since 1991, the Hong Kong-based Amity Foundation, aligned with the TSPM and CCC, has published bi-monthly digests of the magazine in English.[52] In 2002, Tian Feng was given an award for being one of the best Shanghai-based magazines.[42]
See also
- History of the People's Republic of China
- List of magazines in China
- Political theology in China
- Protestant missions in China
- Protestantism in China
- Tiān
Notes
References
- ^ Towery 2000, p. 213.
- ISBN 978-1-351-67278-8.
- ^ 天风.中国基督教杂志杂志官网. zhazhi.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-77716-2.
- OCLC 246726263– via worldcat.org.
- ISBN 978-0-8386-3776-0.
- ^ a b Wickeri 2011, p. xxiv.
- ISBN 978-90-04-22574-9.
- ^ Wickeri 2011, p. 122.
- ^ Wickeri 2011, p. 127.
- ^ Keating 2012, pp. 61–62.
- ISBN 978-90-04-34176-0.
- ^ Keating 2012, p. 95.
- ^ Wickeri 2011, p. 134.
- ^ Wickeri 2011, p. 136.
- ^ Aikman 2012, p. 149.
- ^ Starr 2016, p. 229.
- ISBN 978-0-8024-1543-1.
- ^ Aikman 2012, p. 202.
- ^ Aikman 2012, p. 60.
- ^ Aikman 2012, p. 63.
- ^ Wickeri 2011, p. 167.
- ^ Wickeri 2011, p. 163.
- ^ Wickeri 2015, p. 183.
- ^ Wickeri 2015, p. 183n5.
- ^ a b c Starr 2016, p. 232.
- ^ Keating 2012, p. 91.
- ^ Starr 2016, p. 230.
- ^ Keating 2012, p. 92.
- ^ Keating 2012, p. 93.
- ^ a b Keating 2012, p. 121.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-6556-4.
- ^ Wickeri 2011, p. 259.
- ^ Wickeri 2011, p. 174.
- ^ Wickeri 2011, p. 273.
- ^ 中国基督教三自爱国运动五十周年纪念影集 [Three-self patriotic movement of the Protestant churches in China]. Shanghai: 中国基督敎三自爱国运动委员会. 2000. p. 4.
- ^ Wickeri 2015, p. 527.
- ^ Wickeri 2015, p. 551.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-6556-4.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85109-626-8.
- ISBN 978-1-870345-43-9.
- ^ a b c Chen Meilin (February 2002). "The Publication Work of the Church in China". Heritage Congregational Church. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Towery 2000, p. 98.
- S2CID 147129791.
- ISBN 978-0-7391-3959-2.
- ^ Bays 2003, p. 499.
- ^ Aikman 2012, p. 110.
- ^ Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific: Issues 3920–3933. London: British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service. 2000. p. G–8.
- ^ a b Keating 2012, p. 63.
- ^ Wickeri 2011, p. 190.
- OCLC 182562933– via worldcat.org.
- ^ Bays 2003, p. 490.
Works cited
- Aikman, David (2012). Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China And Changing the Global Balance of Power. Washington: Regnery Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59698-652-7.
- Bays, Daniel H. (2003). "Chinese Protestant Christianity Today". The China Quarterly. 174: 488–504. S2CID 154565523.
- Keating, John Craig William (2012). A Protestant Church in Communist China: Moore Memorial Church Shanghai 1949–1989. Bethlehem, PA: Leigh University Press. ISBN 978-1-61146-091-9.
- Starr, Chloë (2016). Chinese Theology: Text and Context. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-22493-1.
- Towery, Britt (2000). Christianity in Today's China: Taking Root Downward, Bearing Fruit Upward. The Tao Foundation Missionary. ISBN 978-1-58721-410-3.
- Wickeri, Philip L. (2011). Seeking the Common Ground: Protestant Christianity, the Three-Self Movement, and China's United Front. Eugene: Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-61097-529-2.
- — (2015). Reconstructing Christianity in China: K.H. Ting and the Chinese Church. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. ISBN 978-1-60833-366-0.
Further reading
- Dunn, Emily (2015). Lightning from the East: Heterodoxy and Christianity in Contemporary China. Leiden: BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-29725-8.
External links
- Official website (in Chinese)