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Article

Is There Life? Is There Spirit? Debating Belief and Being a Good Christian in Watchman Nee’s ‘Little Flock’

by
Christine Lee
,
Yujing Ma
and
Jianbo Huang
*
Institute of Anthropology, School of Social Development, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Religions 2023, 14(7), 844; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14070844
Submission received: 7 April 2023 / Revised: 20 June 2023 / Accepted: 21 June 2023 / Published: 27 June 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Chinese Christianity: From Society to Culture)
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Abstract

Christian, especially Protestant, identity is often framed through the lens of belief, particularly belief understood as an interior orientation. Through an examination of the non-denominational Protestant group, the ‘Little Flock’, founded by Watchman Nee in the early 20th century, we trace enduring aspects of Little Flock theology in contemporary Chinese Protestant practice. In particular, we attend to conceptions of and debates surrounding belief and how to determine the quality of one’s faith—whether or not one might be considered not just a Christian, but a ‘good’ one.
Keywords: little flock; Watchman Nee; Christianity; belief; China little flock; Watchman Nee; Christianity; belief; China

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Lee, C.; Ma, Y.; Huang, J. Is There Life? Is There Spirit? Debating Belief and Being a Good Christian in Watchman Nee’s ‘Little Flock’. Religions 2023, 14, 844. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14070844

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Lee C, Ma Y, Huang J. Is There Life? Is There Spirit? Debating Belief and Being a Good Christian in Watchman Nee’s ‘Little Flock’. Religions. 2023; 14(7):844. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14070844

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Lee, Christine, Yujing Ma, and Jianbo Huang. 2023. "Is There Life? Is There Spirit? Debating Belief and Being a Good Christian in Watchman Nee’s ‘Little Flock’" Religions 14, no. 7: 844. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14070844

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Lee, C., Ma, Y., & Huang, J. (2023). Is There Life? Is There Spirit? Debating Belief and Being a Good Christian in Watchman Nee’s ‘Little Flock’. Religions, 14(7), 844. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14070844

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