Christian Art in China during the Period of Economic Reform

Date added: 11/08/2016

This article by Jeremy Clarke, on 'Christian Art in China during the Period of Economic Reform', was published in the April 2016 edition of the Internation Bulletin of Mission Research.

International Bulletin of Mission Research April 2016 40: 152-163, first published on April 22, 2016 doi:10.1177/2396939316638335

The Chinese Catholic Church has a rich tradition of producing art that depicts its faith. During its more than 400 years of continuous history, not counting earlier incarnations, these works have also incorporated inculturated motifs, such as figures drawn from Buddhist iconography and the use of fauna and flora. Since the period of economic reform in China began, the Catholic communities have had greater freedom than in earlier decades, which had led to the production of many new images. The inculturated forms, however, have not always been so well received. Works from two famous Catholic locations (Shijiazhuang and Shanghai) are explored in the article.

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