Eva-Maria Hanke-Estevez studied Protestant theology and history at Heidelberg University. A certified secondary school teacher in Germany (for Gymnasium), Eva is in the final year of her doctoral studies in intercultural theology and the study of religion at Heidelberg University. Her research focuses on contemporary Christianity in the People’s Republic of China, with an emphasis on the Sinicization (中國化) of Protestant Christianity. She was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Sino-Christian Studies (ISCS) in Hong Kong from 2023 to 2024.
Xi’s directive to align all religions with Zhongguohua is not only rooted in academic and institutional history but is also deeply embedded in the traditions of the official Protestant church.