China's Catholics : tragedy and hope in an emerging civil society /
"After suffering isolation and persecution during the Maoist era, the Catholic Church in China has reemerged with astonishing vitality in recent years. Richard Madsen focuses on this revival and relates it to the larger issue of the changing structure of Chinese "civil society.""...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1998.
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| Series: | Comparative studies in religion and society ;
12. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | "After suffering isolation and persecution during the Maoist era, the Catholic Church in China has reemerged with astonishing vitality in recent years. Richard Madsen focuses on this revival and relates it to the larger issue of the changing structure of Chinese "civil society."" "Madsen knows China well and has spent extensive time there interviewing Chinese Catholics both young and old, the "true believers" and the less devout. Their stories reveal the tensions that have arisen even as political control over everyday life in China has loosened. Madsen also focuses on the rural-urban split in the church, the question of church authority, and the divisions between public and underground practices of church followers."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-174) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520920736 0520920732 0585237522 9780585237527 |