THANKS FOR ATTENDING
2021 Annual
Fall Public Lecture
“Chinese Christians and the Path to Liberal Modernity in China, 1900-1949”
John Barwick, PhD
Cornell University
IN-PERSON
Beulah Chapel at Home of Peace
4700 Daisy St.
Oakland, California 94619
ONLINE
Sun, Nov 14 / 4pm-6pm (PST)
Sun, Nov 14 / 7pm-9pm (EST)
Mon, Nov 15 / 8am-10am (China)
HOST
China Academic Consortium (ERRChina)
CO-HOSTS
US-China Catholic Association
ChinaSource
Schedule
Doors Open
3:45pm (PST)
7:45am (China)
DISCUSSION with DR. JOHN BARWICK
4pm-5:40pm (PST)
8am-9:40am (China)
small GROUPS HOSTED BY CAC, USCCA, CHINASOURCE
5:40pm-6:20pm (PST)
9:40am-10:20am (China)
Lecture Abstract
China scholar and Cornell University history professor Dr. John Barwick presents “Chinese Christians and the Path to Liberal Modernity in China, 1900-1949”. China's encounter with the modern world in the first half of the twentieth century occurred at the same time that the small community of Christians was beginning to increase rapidly in numbers and influence. Though Christianity has often been seen as largely separate from and irrelevant to China's modern transformation, it was in fact an integral part of this process, and particularly in advancing a liberal vision of modernity.
During our time together, we will examine the lives of Chinese Christians and explore together the following questions:
Why was Christianity so closely connected with liberal modernity in Republican China?
Why did Chinese Chrsitians have such a large impact on China's early modernization?
Why did the Christian vision of liberal modernity in China fail and Communism succeed?
What lessons does Chinese Christian social engagement in this period hold for us today?