Produire et consommer le sang du Christ. Matérialité et christianisme en Chine contemporaine

Abstract

Producing and Consuming the Blood of Christ among Chinese Protestants Today. This article explores the ways in which five Chinese Christian denominations produce and consume the liquid presented as the ‘ blood of Christ’ in Nanping City (Fujian). It presents the various means of production and concerns about proper use that inform the Chinese Christians’ practices and discourses. The study shows that while the spread of Christianity in China relies on material objects, it operates not so much by promoting claims about the Christian God as by questioning the nature of things and beings.