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Jiang, Y. (2026). Historical Practice of Chinization of Christian Arts. Journal of Integrated Social Sciences and Humanities, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.62836/jissh.v3i2.0007
Volume 3, Issue 2, 2026

Historical Practice of Chinization of Christian Arts

In recent years, religious studies in China have begun to embark on the cause of the Chinization of religions vigorously, and the Chinization of Christianity is one of its important branches. The process of Chinization of Christianity started from the very first time when it was introduced in the Tang Dynasty by Olopen, a Nestorian, in A.D.635. After another two times of its reintroduction in the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, Christianity in China has been dimonstrated for a distinctly Chinese characteristic. This Chinese feature helps Chinese Christendom to understand Christianity and express their own religious devotions better, and it also enlarges the content and meaning of Christianity as a whole community worldwide. This article focuses on the brief history of the three introductions of Christianity into China and how it looks like today from an artistic standpoint, so as to enumerate the splendid legacy left behind in the field of the Christian art of its Chinization.

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  1. Funding: This research received no external funding.