ABSTRACT
This chapter provides background on Christian involvement in Hong Kong, China’s civic society. It analyses how Hong Kong, China’s relationships with Britain and China have shaped its political landscape, traces the history of protest in the city, and highlights the ways in which Hong Kong, China’s identity has been forged through these unique historical circumstances over the past 50 years. By means of this, it investigates the mutually transformative relationship between Hong Kong Christianity and the city’s broader social development. It concludes by exploring recent Christians’ involvement in civic activism and charting how the evolution of secular values such as freedom, democracy, and identity among Hong Kongers has informed and influenced the Christian community’s responses to these social justice issues.
