From Chinese Theology to Alternative Sinicizations: Theological Reception History and Moltmann’s Theology in Greater China

Abstract Moltmann’s theology has been imported into Chinese theological and wider humanist discourses since the mid-1980s. This text will argue for approaching studies of Moltmann’s theology in contemporary China from the perspective of reception history, rather than within the framework of officially mandated religious “Sinicization,” 2 arguing that “theological reception histories” have engaged theological ideas and discourses in a dialogic, critical, and constructive manner that converses with China’s culture, history, and contemporary life.