The Politics of Cross Demolition: A Religio-Political Analysis of the “Three Rectifications and One Demolition”Campaign in Zhejiang Province = $Lchi拆十字架的政治──浙江省「三改一拆」運動的宗教─政治分析
From March to December 2014, various Wenzhou churches were affected by the unprecedented destruction wrought during the initial execution of the cross-demolition campaign. Subsequently, this campaign extended from Wenzhou to cities like Ningbo, Taizhou, Lishui, and Hangzhou before returning to Wenzh...
| Published in: | Review of Religion and Chinese Society |
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| Subtitles: | $Lchi拆十字架的政治──浙江省「三改一拆」運動的宗教─政治分析 |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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| In: |
Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Further subjects: | B
拆十字架
B cross demolition B 浙江省 B 政教關係 B Zhejiang B church-state relations B 温州 B Wenzhou |
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| Summary: | From March to December 2014, various Wenzhou churches were affected by the unprecedented destruction wrought during the initial execution of the cross-demolition campaign. Subsequently, this campaign extended from Wenzhou to cities like Ningbo, Taizhou, Lishui, and Hangzhou before returning to Wenzhou in July 2015. This article centers on Wenzhou, where authorities removed at least four hundred crosses from churches. It investigates whether the reasons offered for demolishing illegal buildings justify cross demolition, examines the role of the religious factor in the overall campaign, and determines whether the Zhejiang provincial leader attempted to tackle religion-related problems under the guise of demolishing illegal buildings. This article places the cross-demolition campaign in the context of church-state relations and analyzes it from a religio-political perspective. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-3955 |
| Contains: | In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22143955-00501004 |