The Politics of Protestant Churches and the Party-State in China: God Above Party? (Routledge Research on the Politics and Sociology of China) - 9781138036901

From domination to negotiation from 1949 to today: declining state capacity, rising Protestant numbers -- The role of official associations: projecting a fa?ade of domination in the public transcript -- Resisting the official agenda, sharing grassroots values: the spread of Protestant groups -- Cultivating social capital as a resource for Protestant resistance -- Enlarging the bounds of the public transcript: founding large, public urban churches -- Repression of an urban church Shanghai's Wanbang Church -- Challenging the bounds of the public transcript - Beijing Shouwang Church

• | Author: Carsten T. Vala
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138036900
• | ISBN-13: 9781138036901