Carsten T. Vala (USA Loyola University)

The Politics of Protestant Churches and the Party-State in China

God Above Party?

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Research on the Politics and Sociology of China
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781138036901
• ISBN-10: 1138036900
• Artikelnr.: 49085915

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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