Theological Reflections on the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: The Umbrella Movement and Liberation Theology

   • Justin K. H. Tse

   Pages 1-17

3. A Primer on Occupying Hong Kong

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. The Umbrella Movement and the Political Apparatus: Understanding “One Country, Two Systems”

      • Justin K. H. Tse

      Pages 21-66

4. Theological Reflections on the Umbrella Movement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Solidarity and Division Among Hong Kong People in the Occupy Movement: Reflection from a Hong Kong Catholic Perspective

      • Mary Yuen

      Pages 69-86

   3. Radical Inclusion in the Umbrella Movement: Interstitial Integrity and the New Pentecostal Rebirth of Hong Kong

      • Rose Wu

      Pages 87-106

   4. The Umbrella Movement and Kairos: The Church’s Theological Encounter with a Political Movement

      • Lap Yan Kung

      Pages 107-129

   5. Exegeting the Occupation of Hong Kong: The Umbrella Movement as a Battleground for Liberation Hermeneutics

      • Sam Tsang

      Pages 131-162

5. Back Matter

   Pages 163-184

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  This book gathers the voices of four local Hong Kong theologians to reflect on the 2014 democracy protests in the city from the perspectives of Catholic social teaching, feminist and queer intersectionality, Protestant liberation, and textual exegesis. The volume also includes an extended primer on Hong Kong politics to aid readers as they reflect on the theology underlying the democracy protests. 


September 28, 2014 is known as the day that political consciousness in Hong Kong began to shift. As police fired eighty-seven volleys of tear gas at protesters demanding “genuine universal suffrage” in Hong Kong, the movement (termed the “Umbrella Movement”) ignited a polarizing set of debates over civil disobedience, government collusion with private interests, and democracy. The Umbrella Movement was also a theological watershed moment, a time for religious reflection. This book analyzes the role that religion played in shaping the course of t

his historic movement. 

• Umbrella Movement
• Hong Kong
• China
• Religion
• Christianity
• Democracy
• Protest
• “one country, two systems”
• Religion in China

“The book is an important contribution to our understanding of the Umbrella Movement, and our understanding of the relations between religion and politics in this specific Asian context. … I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of theological insights I gathered from the book.” (Mariske Westendorp, readingreligion.org, February,2018)​

“The Umbrella Movement has torn down Hong Kong’s status quo and uprooted many established ideas and beliefs. Though the occupied areas are now cleared, the deconstructing forces of the movement continue as the consciences of Hong Kong’s people are repeatedly challenged by event after event following the end of the occupation. Theological reflections inspired by the Umbrella Movement are critical to the future of Hong Kong as they will determine what will be planted and built in the wake of the destruction. Insights from the authors of this book are important theological resources for the coming construction.” (Benny Tai, University of Hong Kong) 

• University of Washington , Seattle, USA

  Justin K.H. Tse

• Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, USA

  Jonathan Y. Tan

 Justin K. H. Tse is Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington, USA.


Jonathan Y. Tan is The Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA. 
 

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