{"id":425161,"date":"2026-08-21T00:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19631_item&#038;p=425161"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:16:32","slug":"protestant-christianity-in-communist-china","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19631_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/student-thesis-dissertation\/protestant-christianity-in-communist-china\/","title":{"rendered":"PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY IN COMMUNIST CHINA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THOUGH CARTESIAN DUALISM HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR DECADES, IT STILL PREVAILS AS A\u00a0 STRONGLY DOMINANT CULTURAL MINDSET ROOTED IN PEOPLE\u2019S MINDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOCIAL\u00a0 ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE EXPERIENCE. ALONG WITH IT, THERE IS NOT ONLY A LOSS OF ATTENTION TO\u00a0 OUR OWN BODIES BUT ALSO A LOSS OF THE RECOGNITION OF THE EXPERIENCE OF INTER-SUBJECTIVE\u00a0 RECIPROCITY. THEREFORE, I HOPE, THROUGH THE METHODOLOGY AND VIRTUE OF PHENOMENOLOGY,\u00a0 ESPECIALLY FROM THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL-ONTOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BODY\/FLESH FROM THE\u00a0 MODERN FRENCH PHILOSOPHER MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY, TO HELP MY READERS TO OVERCOME\u00a0 CONVINCINGLY AND DETACH THEMSELVES FROM THE TRADITIONAL CARTESIAN MINDSET. I ARGUE THAT\u00a0 THE BODY IS BORN AS A COMMUNICATIVE-RECIPROCAL BEING THAT SUSTAINS A PRIORI CONNECTION\u00a0 WITH ALL OTHER THINGS IN THE WORLD, AND WITH THE WORLD. THE BODY IS A LIVED BODY AND A\u00a0 TRANSCENDENTAL BEING THAT CANNOT BE REDUCED TO FIT IN THE PRESENT REDUCTIONISTIC\u00a0 MATHEMATICAL-SCIENTIFIC IDEALIZED FRAMEWORKS. AFTER POINTING OUT THE INSUFFICIENCIES IN\u00a0 TRADITIONAL MATHEMATICAL SCIENTIFIC AND CARTESIAN ACCOUNTS OF THE BODY IN CHAPTER ONE,\u00a0 MY ARGUMENT WILL BE UNFOLDED ALONG WITH REFLECTIONS ON THE COMMON EXPERIENCES IN\u00a0 DAILY LIFE AND THE TEXTUAL ANALYSES RESPECTIVELY CONTRIBUTED BY MERLEAU-PONTY\u2019S WORKS\u00a0 THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF PERCEPTION, ESPECIALLY IN CHAPTER TWO, AND THE VISIBLE AND THE\u00a0 INVISIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN CHAPTER THREE.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-425161","tnc_col_19631_item","type-tnc_col_19631_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19912-religious-studies","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19716-faculty-of-religious-studies-and-philosophy","tnc_tax_19659-master-thesis","tnc_tax_19651-master"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 \u9031 ago","modified":"Updated 4 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026 12:38 \u4e0a\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 12:16 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19912":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/programme\/religious-studies\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">RELIGIOUS STUDIES<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">RELIGIOUS STUDIES<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19912","name":"PROGRAMME"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/language\/english\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19765":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19765","name":"SUPERVISOR(S)"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/faculty-research-unit\/faculty-of-religious-studies-and-philosophy\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND PHILOSOPHY<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND PHILOSOPHY<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/resource-type\/master-thesis\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"},"tnc_tax_19651":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/degree-level\/master\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">MASTER<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">MASTER<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19651","name":"DEGREE LEVEL"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431174,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425161\/revisions\/431174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}