Tad,


If the scale of the Pudong airport in Shanghai is any indication of the scale of changes that have been occurring in the rest of China then I am impressed. I wish I had the opportunity to stay and see the country, unfortunately the flu scuppered the chance, as you know. However I will try again! I do want to learn more about Christianity in China. I want the opportunity to meet and worship with Chinese Christians and I would like to know more about their theology. I have read some translations of Chinese Christian sermons and essays. The emphasis is on service and justice. It reminds me of the mainline denominations here in the sixties and the ecumenical emphasis of the World Council of Churches. I am sympathetic to Bishop Ting's love theology. Love is the answer, as far as I am concerned. Christianity has a way to tap into that love and sustain it. In your anthropological research you must find accounts of what you called "managing empathy" and the source of that empathy?

Nort