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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Studying Chinese Christianity -- 1.1 Dialoguing with the Anthropology of Religion and Anthropology of Christianity -- 1.2 Theoretical Issues and Methodological Approach -- 1.3 Being an Ethnographer Among Chinese Christians -- Christianity in the Continent of the Gods -- Doing Fieldwork at the Gospel Church in Nanping -- What Counts as "Christian" in Nanping? -- 1.4 Nanping's Six Christianizing Assemblages -- 1.5 Chapters and Arguments Summary -- References -- Part I: The Epiphany of the Three -- Chapter 2: Building Churches on Chinese Soil -- 2.1 Nanping Territories -- 2.2 The Zhanghu Township -- 2.3 The Christianizing Presence Across the Zhanghu Area -- 2.4 Crossing Yanping District -- 2.5 The Wen and the Wu of Yanping District -- 2.6 The Typical Church -- 2.7 Conclusion: The Immanent Critique -- References -- Chapter 3: Responding Together in the Face of the Lord -- 3.1 Worshipping in Nanping -- 3.2 Visiting the Gospel Church -- 3.3 Hearing a Sunday Service -- 3.4 Theoretical Echoes of the Sunday Service -- Disciplining the Body -- The Realm of Sound -- The Epiphany of the Face -- 3.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Revealing the Pastoral Church Through Elderly Care -- 4.1 The Socio-political Background of an Aging Nation -- 1949-1979 -- 1979-Today -- The Situation of Yanping District -- 4.2 A First Step: The Ren'ai Home -- 4.3 The Ren'ai Home Tutelary Entity: The Church -- 4.4 The Rebirth of the Elderly Home -- Opening a Second Elderly Home: The Ren'ai Nursing Home -- Religious Life in the Two Homes -- Fusion and Transition to the Sheng'ai Nursing Home -- 4.5 The Multiple Facets of a Collective Christian Project -- Serving the Elderly, But Also Those in Need -- Generating a Sustainable Institution -- Building Up Multilateral Political Merits.