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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chen, Ruiwen
• Küster, Volker[Herausgeber]

Titel

Fragrant Flowers Bloom : T. C. Chao, Bliss Wiant and the Contextualization of Hymns in Twentieth Century China

Ist Teil von

• Contact Zone : 17

Auflage

1st ed

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references.
• Frontmatter -- Cover -- Impressum -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Prelude: The Contextualization of Chinese Hymnody in the 19th and Early 20th centuries -- 1. The Promotion of the Contextualization of Chinese Hymnody in the 19th Century by Western Missionaries -- 2. The Rise of the Contextualized Hymns by Chinese Themselves in the Early 20th Century -- 3. The Reflection and Debate on the Texts and Music for Chinese Contextualized Hymns in the Mid-1930s -- Chapter Two. Variation on a Theme: T. C. Chao's Contextualized Translation of the Texts of Christian Fellowship Hymns (團契 歌 , 1931) -- 1. The Origin and Writing of Christian Fellowship Hymns -- 2. T. C. Chao's View of and Methods for Hymn Translation -- 3. T. C. Chao's Contextualized Hymnological Translation for the Trinity -- 4. T. C. Chao's Contextualized Translation for Christian Fellowship Hymns -- Chapter Three. Hymn Writing and Contextual Theology: T. C. Chao's Duet in Composing the Lyrics in Hymns for the People (民眾 歌 , 1931) -- 1. The Origin and the Writing of Hymns for the People -- 2. Text of Hymns for the People and Chao's Early Theological Thought on Holy Trinity -- 3. T. C. Chao's Ten Principles for Hymn Writing and their Relationship to his Theological Thought -- 4. Dialogue between the Texts of Hymns for the People and the Contextualization of Chinese Hymnology -- Chapter Four. "Using Old Chinese Tunes as New Music for the Present": Hymns for the People and Contextualized Music for Chinese Hymns in the 1930s -- 1. "This is the Ambition of My Life": Bliss Wiant and His Indissoluble Bond with Chinese Sacred Music -- 2. Bliss Wiant's Research on Chinese Music Compared with that of Other Western Missionaries -- 3. "A New Song for China": The Contextualized Music in Hymns for the People.
• 4. A "Paradox": A New Insight for the Music Preaching Strategy in the Chinese Christian Movement -- Chapter Five. Cadenzas: Towards Chinese Contextualized Hymnody in the 1930s: Influences and Comparisons -- 1. The Two Chao/Wiant Hymnals and their Influences on Hymns of Universal Praise (1936) -- 2. Brief Comparisons with Hymns of Other Indigenous/Independent Churches in the 1930s -- 3. Glocalization: A Perspective for the Investigation of Contextualized Hymns in the 1920s and 1930s -- Backmatter -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Curriculum Vitae.
• The term ContactZone was coined in postcolonial discourse to signify the place where cultures and religions meet. It implies that first contact, cultural-religious exchange and conflict have always been determined by power-relations. Making use of communication theories, hermeneutics and aesthetics intercultural theology generates new terminologies and theoretical tools to explore these interactions. Its scope ranges from issues such as dialogue and syncretism to fundamentalism and ethnicity. Perspectives of culture, religion, race, class, gender and inclusion alike are involved in the necessary multi-axial approach. ContactZone creates a space where a choir of multiple voices is responding to the challenges of cultural religious pluralism, rethinking theology in the 21st century. The series comprises monographs (incl. PhD dissertations) and anthologies (incl. conference proceedings). [Der Begriff ContactZone wurde im postkolonialen Diskurs geprägt, um den Ort zu kennzeichnen, an dem Kulturen und Religionen aufeinandertreffen. Er impliziert, das Erster Kontakt, kulturell-religiöser Austausch und Konflikt immer auch durch Machtverhältnisse bestimmt werden. Unter Zuhilfenahme von Kommunikationstheorien, Hermeneutik und Ästhetik entwickelt Interkulturelle Theologie neue Terminologien und ein theoretisches Instrumentarium, um diese Interaktionsprozesse zu erforschen. Ihr Spektrum reicht dabei von Themen wie Dialog und Synkretismus bis zu Fundamentalismus und Ethnizität. Perspektiven wie Kultur, Religion, Rasse, Klasse, Gender und Inklusion sind gleichermaßen in diese notwendigerweise multi-axiale Herangehensweise involviert. ContactZone kreiert einen Raum, in dem ein Chor vielfältiger Stimmen auf die Herausforderungen des kulturell-religiösen Pluralismus im 21. Jahrhundert reagiert. Die Serie umfasst Monographien (einschliesslich Doktorarbeiten) und Sammelbände.] CHEN Ruiwen (*1984) investigates the contextualization of Chinese hymns through the creative collaboration between T. C. Chao (1888-1979), perhaps China's greatest twentieth century theologian, and Bliss Wiant (1895-1975), an American missionary and musicologist, in the 1920s and 1930s. Their creative interpretations of hymn translations, hymn writing, and music are explored through two hymnals produced by Chao and Wiant, Christian Fellowship Hymns and Hymns for the People (both 1931). They have made a lasting and unique contribution to Chinese hymnody, an important but so far neglected area in the study of the history of Christianity and contextual theology in China. [CHEN Ruiwen (*1984) untersucht die Kontextualisierung chinesischer Kirchenlieder am Beispiel der fruchtbaren Zusammenarbeit zwischen T. C. Chao (1888-1979), Chinas wohl prominentesten Theologen des 20. Jahrhunderts, und Bliss Wiant (1895-1975), einem amerikanischen Missionar und Musikwissenschaftler, in den 1920ern und 1930ern. Die Kreativität, die sie bei Liedübersetzungen, dem Schreiben von Liedtexten und beim Komponieren von Melodien entwickelt haben, wird anhand von zwei Liedbüchern untersucht, die von beiden gemeinsam herausgegeben wurden, Christian Fellowship Hymns und Hymns for the People (beide 1931). Chao und Wiant haben einen dauerhaften und originellen Beitrag zum chinesischen christlichen Liedgut geleistet, ein wichtiges, bisher jedoch vernachlässigtes Gebiet im Studium der Geschichte des Christentums und kontextueller Theologie in China.]