In the broad sense, it belongs to the tradition of indigenous theology which stretches as early as the works during the time of the Jesuit China missions, until the present day.
However, these indigenizing efforts are often critiqued for a lacking in their assessments of traditional Chinese culture, particularly as found in Confucianism.
[2] In recent years, it has been observed that there has perhaps been the growth of a younger generation of scholars in Sino-Christian theology.
[4][5] Much of the writings within this field have looked at Christian theology as a means to engage China, in its pursuit for modernity.
[9] Yang Huilin has gone as far as to compare Auschwitz with the Cultural Revolution, and speak of how the Christian virtues of love and forgiveness may benefit the Chinese context.