Fenggang Yang is professor of Sociology and director of the Center on Religion and the Global East at Purdue University.Chris White is assistant director of the Center on Religion and the Global East at Purdue University.

The vastly outsized role of Christians in Chinese political and social activism has presented a persistent puzzle. This timely volume provides the most revealing and wide-ranging answer to date. Highly recommended.

• Chapter One: A Historical Overview of Chinese Christian Activism: Institutional Change toward Democracy Fenggang Yang and Chris WhiteSection One: Republic of China on TaiwanIntroduction: Chinese Christian Activism in the Republic of China on TaiwanJonathan SeitzChapter Two: Taiwan Under Martial Law and Presbyterian ResponsesJonathan SeitzChapter Three: To Unite as One Body: The Presbyterians and Changing Identities in TaiwanMagdaléna RychetskáSection Two: Hong KongIntroduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Hong KongFenggang Yang and Chris WhiteChapter Four: Religious Discourse, Social Participation, and Identity Construction of Hong Kong Protestant Christians from 1970 to 1997: An Analysis of Three Oral HistoriesWai Luen KwokChapter Five: Contesting for Religious Freedom in China: The Case of Hong Kong Christian Social Activism from 2014 to 2018Fuk-tsang YingChapter Six: Identity Negotiation and Social Activism: Hong Kong Christians during the Umbrella MovementJenny McGi

Fenggang Yang is professor of Sociology and director of the Center on Religion and the Global East at Purdue University.Chris White is assistant director of the Center on Religion and the Global East at Purdue University.

The vastly outsized role of Christians in Chinese political and social activism has presented a persistent puzzle. This timely volume provides the most revealing and wide-ranging answer to date. Highly recommended.

• Chapter One: A Historical Overview of Chinese Christian Activism: Institutional Change toward Democracy Fenggang Yang and Chris WhiteSection One: Republic of China on TaiwanIntroduction: Chinese Christian Activism in the Republic of China on TaiwanJonathan SeitzChapter Two: Taiwan Under Martial Law and Presbyterian ResponsesJonathan SeitzChapter Three: To Unite as One Body: The Presbyterians and Changing Identities in TaiwanMagdaléna RychetskáSection Two: Hong KongIntroduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Hong KongFenggang Yang and Chris WhiteChapter Four: Religious Discourse, Social Participation, and Identity Construction of Hong Kong Protestant Christians from 1970 to 1997: An Analysis of Three Oral HistoriesWai Luen KwokChapter Five: Contesting for Religious Freedom in China: The Case of Hong Kong Christian Social Activism from 2014 to 2018Fuk-tsang YingChapter Six: Identity Negotiation and Social Activism: Hong Kong Christians during the Umbrella MovementJenny McGi

Fenggang Yang is professor of Sociology and director of the Center on Religion and the Global East at Purdue University.Chris White is assistant director of the Center on Religion and the Global East at Purdue University.

The vastly outsized role of Christians in Chinese political and social activism has presented a persistent puzzle. This timely volume provides the most revealing and wide-ranging answer to date. Highly recommended.

• Chapter One: A Historical Overview of Chinese Christian Activism: Institutional Change toward Democracy Fenggang Yang and Chris WhiteSection One: Republic of China on TaiwanIntroduction: Chinese Christian Activism in the Republic of China on TaiwanJonathan SeitzChapter Two: Taiwan Under Martial Law and Presbyterian ResponsesJonathan SeitzChapter Three: To Unite as One Body: The Presbyterians and Changing Identities in TaiwanMagdaléna RychetskáSection Two: Hong KongIntroduction: Chinese Christian Activism in Hong KongFenggang Yang and Chris WhiteChapter Four: Religious Discourse, Social Participation, and Identity Construction of Hong Kong Protestant Christians from 1970 to 1997: An Analysis of Three Oral HistoriesWai Luen KwokChapter Five: Contesting for Religious Freedom in China: The Case of Hong Kong Christian Social Activism from 2014 to 2018Fuk-tsang YingChapter Six: Identity Negotiation and Social Activism: Hong Kong Christians during the Umbrella MovementJenny McGi