A Besieged Boom: Christianity in China
This article offers a short portrait of Christianity in China with a focus on core factors in its recent growth. It interprets the recent repression against Christianity and religion overall as the ruling party's reaction to groups successfully offering alternative values and alternative commun...
| Published in: | Theology today |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2019]
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| In: |
Theology today
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KBM Asia RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious Persecution in China
B growth of Christianity in China B Chinese religious policies B Chinese Christianity B sinicization of Christianity |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | This article offers a short portrait of Christianity in China with a focus on core factors in its recent growth. It interprets the recent repression against Christianity and religion overall as the ruling party's reaction to groups successfully offering alternative values and alternative communal life, thus threatening the party's monopolized claim of representing the people. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040573619859015 |