SinceChristianitywasre-introducedtoChinaintheearlynineteenthcentury,ChineseChristianityhasundergoneaholistic“transfiguration”whichbothtruthfullyrestoresante-NiceneChristianityandsuccessfullyadaptstotheculturalcontextsofChineseandothersocieties.ThetheoreticalandtheologicaldiversityofthisbookisconsistentwiththatoftraditionalChinesereligiouswritingsaswellasthatoftheante-Nicenefathersbutmaybedeemedun-theoretical,un-academic,orun-theologicalbythosetheologianswhoreceivedWesterntheologicaltraining,asthattendstobetoohegemonic,emotionless,andarchaicintheeyesoflaybelievers.
