The Construction Of The Christian Identity Of The Han Residents In A Frontier City

Identity is a comprehension of how the individual members are in the society, the construction of which is influenced by many factors. In this paper, the author explores the modes and conditions of the construction of today’s society of Christian identity by through the study of the XinJiang Shihezi Downtown Church of the Christians’ life. The ways by which believers believe in Christianity are mainly influenced by family beliefs influences, life factors, such as, diseases and sufferings, and peace to believe in the Lord. Christianity is a kind of institutional religions, believers are attached to a unique identity, which specifically manifest in the aspects of language communication, ways of thinking and behaviors. Whether believes in Christianity or not is a main mark to determine Christians, and chatting is its main communication mode. Joining the church is a individual behaviors, they further enhance the urban Christian group identity and a sense of identity by listening to the sermon, witness, participating in worship, baptisms, Eucharists, and all kinds religious activities which are organized by the church.The Christians’ religious life, include the week parties, baptisms and the Lord’s supper parties, to pray, and so and,all of which strengthens the identity of the christian. By these religious activities, believers not only get a more in-depth understanding of Christianity but also increase the sense of belonging to the group.The process the construction of Christians’ identity is also a process of the Christianity Secularization. In this process of the interaction of Christianity and traditional culture, characteristics of Christian identity expression in the community gets more endemicity by the local traditional culture (such as the Spring Festival Customs) transformation.With the development of local church, the Christian identity expression from individual to group of model. Christian identity construction is a kind of group pattern, the organization of the Christian is an important factor, which influences the construction of Christian identity greatly.