RT Book T1 The Politics of Protestant Churches and the Party-State in China: God Above Party? T2 Routledge Research on the Politics and Sociology of China A1 Vala, Carsten T. LA English PP Milton PB Taylor and Francis YR 2017 ED 1st ed UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/89754580X AB Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- About the author -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- 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 Wanbang Church -- 8 Challenging the bounds of the public transcript: Beijing Shouwang Church -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix: list of interviews, 2002-14 -- Glossary -- Index OP 245 SN 978-1-351-71266-8