ABSTRACT
Through the integration of grassroots voices in Chapters 2–4, this chapter demonstrates that both Christian leaders and lay Christians contribute to building Hong Kong, China’s civic and faith identity. The lived experiences of Hong Kong lay Christians, which can never be fully represented by Christian leaders alone, are an essential part of theology-in-the-making and should be channelled in theological conversation. This conclusion can resonate with other Christians in non-democratic societies. Bringing together the evidence in Chapters 1–4 from published theologians and lay Christians, this chapter makes the argument that, if we are to take lived theology seriously as a way to contend with the messy experiences of real humans, the current academic field of World Christianity cannot exist in the same way. Scholars who study World Christianity need to complicate the existing neat theological categories.
