ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, April 3 Issue
Tomorrow (April 5) is "Tomb-Sweeping Day," a festival to honor the ancestors by tending their graves. There were two articles about this that caught our attention this week.
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Salt and Light in China
Adding to my recent list of Ten Books on Christianity, I'd like to also commend the three volumes of Salt and Light: Lives of Faith that Shaped Modern China, by Carol Lee Hamrin and Stacey Bieler.
Praying for Kazakhstan
A house church in Beijing has a special time of prayer for Kazakhstan.
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, March 27 Issue
Two articles about religion, a missing jetliner, and eye-popping gifs of China's urbanization; these are our top picks this week.
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, March 20 Issue
Scrolling down through ZGBriefs this week provides another glimpse of the complexity of China today.
Why I Don’t Recommend “Safely Home”
A few years ago, I put together a China reading list that I titled "My Literary Journey to Being a Sinophile" for my personal blog in which I highlighted books that have shaped my understanding and love for China over the past thirty years. The book topics run the gamut from history to contemporary society to the condition of the church. The book Safely Home (2003) by Randy Alcorn is not on the list.
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, March 13 Issue
Meetings (and things that happened alongside those meetings) and Chinese people in the US caught our interest this week.
Popular Christian Books in China
Many people are surprised to know that that there are numerous Christian books that have been published in China and as a result can be legally sold and distributed within China. This is something that has been going on for the past ten years.
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, March 6 Issue
Violence was very much in China-related media this week as people inside and outside of China sought to come to grips with the brutal attack that took place in the Kunming train station on March 1. A new date, 3-01 has entered our terrorism vocabulary.
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, February 27 Issue
My top picks this week center on architecture, education, and the plight of the disabled in China.
Theological Chinese for Non-native Speakers
Chinese language learning opportunities have mushroomed in recent decades. For those seeking to work specifically with the church in China, however it is still not easy to find a program that covers both the requisite theological vocabulary and is accessible to non-native speakers.
Ten Books on Christianity in China
People often ask me for recommendations of books to read about Christianity and the church in China. There are a lot of books out there; some better than others.