Theological Reflections on the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement
Justin K. H. Tse (Ed.)
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Description for Theological Reflections on the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement
Hardback. Editor(s): Tse, Justin K. H.; Tan, Jonathan Y. Series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HRCM; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
This book gathers the voices of four local Hong Kong theologians to reflect on the 2014 democracy protests in the city from the perspectives of Catholic social teaching, feminist and queer intersectionality, Protestant liberation, and textual exegesis. The volume also includes an extended primer on Hong Kong politics to aid readers as they reflect on the theology underlying the democracy protests. September 28, 2014 is known as the day that political consciousness in Hong Kong began to shift. As police fired eighty-seven volleys of tear gas at protesters demanding genuine universal suffrage in Hong Kong, the ... Read more
This book gathers the voices of four local Hong Kong theologians to reflect on the 2014 democracy protests in the city from the perspectives of Catholic social teaching, feminist and queer intersectionality, Protestant liberation, and textual exegesis. The volume also includes an extended primer on Hong Kong politics to aid readers as they reflect on the theology underlying the democracy protests. September 28, 2014 is known as the day that political consciousness in Hong Kong began to shift. As police fired eighty-seven volleys of tear gas at protesters demanding genuine universal suffrage in Hong Kong, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Asian Christianity in the Diaspora
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349948451
SKU
V9781349948451
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About Justin K. H. Tse (Ed.)
Justin K. H. Tse is Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington, USA. Jonathan Y. Tan is The Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA.
Reviews for Theological Reflections on the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement
The book is an important contribution to our understanding of the Umbrella Movement, and our understanding of the relations between religion and politics in this specific Asian context. ... I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of theological insights I gathered from the book. (Mariske Westendorp, readingreligion.org, February, 2018)