Politics of Protestant Churches and the Party-State in China

Name: Politics of Protestant Churches and the Party-State in China
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Politics of Protestant Churches and the Party-State in ChinaGod Above Party?\nAuthor(s): Carsten Vala\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138036901, 978-1138036901\nSynopsis\nAmong Chinas restive religious and social groups, Protestants have arguably created the most sustained structural challenges to the Chinese Communist Partys ordering of society. By drawing on grassroots fieldwork conducted across the country, this book therefore charts the ambition of the government to restrain Protestant population growth and direct it towards regime purposes. \n\nIn particular, interviews with key church leaders who founded illegal Protestant congregations with hundreds of participants, reveal how officials and illegal congregational leaders have developed ties of trust and information that have permitted church growth, even as they preserve a public image of Party domination. Thus, by tracing the rise of large, illegal P.