The Politics of Protestant Churches and the Party-State in China: God Above Party?

ISBN-13: 9780367209285 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 232 str.

Carsten T. Vala

Opis

Offering the first book-length analysis of how ambitious Protestants have founded large, unregistered churches despite regime pressure, this book will be useful for students and scholars of Chinese Politics, Chinese Religion and Sociology.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. From Domination to Negotiation from 1949 to Today: Declining State Capacity, Rising Protestant Numbers 3. The Role of Official Associations: Projecting A Façade of Domination in the Public Transcript 4. Resisting the Official Agenda, Sharing Grassroots Values: The Spread of Protestant Groups 5. Cultivating Social Capital as a Resource for Protestant Resistance 6. Enlarging the Bounds of the Public Transcript: Founding Large, Public Urban Churches 7. Repression of an Urban Church – Shanghai’s Wanbang Church 8. Challenging the Bounds of the Public Transcript - Beijing Shouwang Church 9. Conclusion

O autorze

Carsten T. Vala is Associate Professor and Chairman in the Department of Political Science at Loyola University Maryland, USA.