A recollection of chinese bible translation throughout history—a sociological study on translation

Abstract

Under the guidance of Pierre Bourdieu’s reflective sociology theory with the three key concepts, ‘field’, ‘habitus’ and ‘capital’, the author engages in a sociological study of Chinese Bible translation over the past one thousand years by dividing the historical course of Chinese Bible translation into five stages: namely, germination, initiation, prosperity, transition and development, thus outlining the history of Chinese Bible translation.