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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor | Department of Applied Social Sciences | en_US |
| dc.creator | Mok, CWJ | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-12-23T08:43:58Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2025-12-23T08:43:58Z | - |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0037-7686 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10397/116420 | - |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. | en_US |
| dc.rights | This is the accepted version of the publication MOK, C. W. J. (2025). Mobilization of mission trips: The case of northbound Catholics in Hong Kong. Social Compass, 72(1), 105-126. Copyright © 2025 The Author(s). DOI: 10.1177/00377686241311829. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Catholic Church | en_US |
| dc.subject | China | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hong Kong | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mission | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mobilization | en_US |
| dc.subject | Religion | en_US |
| dc.title | Mobilization of mission trips : the case of northbound Catholics in Hong Kong | en_US |
| dc.type | Journal/Magazine Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.spage | 105 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.epage | 126 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.volume | 72 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issue | 1 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/00377686241311829 | en_US |
| dcterms.abstract | China’s ‘reform and opening-up’ in 1978 offered new but uncertain opportunities for people in Hong Kong, then a British colony, to travel northward to mainland China. Many were to contribute to the country’s economic revival. Understudied was a group of Catholics who capitalized on the new situation to reconnect the Church on the mainland with the universal Catholic Church. What motivated these ‘northbound Catholics’ to repeatedly embark on such short-term mission trips? This article adopts the additive model of demand and supply developed by the social movement scholar Bert Klandermans to examine why and how these religious practitioners were recruited. Based on in-depth interviews and archival research, this article shows that identity, ideology, and instrumentality on both the demand and supply sides were essential during the process. The findings suggest that the study of religious actions could benefit from social movement studies. | en_US |
| dcterms.abstract | La « réforme et l’ouverture » de la Chine en 1978 ont offert aux habitants de Hong Kong, alors colonie britannique, des possibilités nouvelles mais incertaines de voyager vers le nord en Chine continentale. Nombre d’entre eux devaient contribuer à la relance économique du pays. Les Catholiques qui ont su tirer parti de cette nouvelle situation pour rétablir les liens de l’Église du continent avec l’Église catholique universelle représentent un groupe insuffisamment étudié. Pour quelles raisons ces « Catholiques du Nord » se sont-ils engagés de manière répétée dans de tels voyages missionnaires de courte durée ? Cet article adopte le modèle additif de l’offre et de la demande développé par Bert Klandermans, spécialiste des mouvements sociaux, afin d’analyser pourquoi et comment ces pratiquants religieux ont été recrutés. Basé sur des entretiens approfondis et des recherches dans les archives, il montre que l’identité, l’idéologie et l’instrumentalité, tant du côté de la demande que de l’offre, ont été essentielles tout au long du processus. Les résultats suggèrent que l’étude des actions religieuses pourrait bénéficier des études sur les mouvements sociaux. | en_US |
| dcterms.accessRights | open access | en_US |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Social compass, Mar. 2025, v. 72, no. 1, p. 105-126 | en_US |
| dcterms.isPartOf | Social compass | en_US |
| dcterms.issued | 2025-03 | - |
| dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-105001066383 | - |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1461-7404 | en_US |
| dc.description.validate | 202512 bcch | en_US |
| dc.description.oa | Accepted Manuscript | en_US |
| dc.identifier.SubFormID | G000568/2025-12 | - |
| dc.description.fundingSource | Others | en_US |
| dc.description.fundingText | The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research was supported by the Kugelman Research Fellowship from the UCI Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, and a grant from the Long US–China Institute. | en_US |
| dc.description.pubStatus | Published | en_US |
| dc.description.oaCategory | Green (AAM) | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Article | |
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