This is a sociological and historical analysis of the conflict between the state and the Catholic Church in China between 1949 and 2001 during half of a century of the socialist regime. The relationship began with conflict, followed by accomodation and finally a cooperative spirit had developed for a complex web of political and diplomatic reasons. Never in the past the Catholic Church has shown a rigorous growth under the encouragement of the Communist Party to shape the Church in the image of a indigenous and local church and to minimize the influence of the Vatican. There remains a persistent struggle between the underground church, those who remain loyal to early missionaries and to the Holy See, and the official national church controlled by the Party/State. The authors argue that there is hope that the conflict will eventually disappear as the new leadership in Beijing may one day restore a diplomatic relationship with the Vatican.
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I have previously read other books by Dr Beatrice Leung. This is the second book of her I bought in 2 years time. All her books were well written, informative and educational.
There is one particular enjoyable thing reading her book -- she was always able to integrate the church history with historical events and gave readers fresh perspective on church development from a sociological point of view. The amount of research the authors did in preparing this book was by all means admirable. 2 suggestions: 1) It will be more convenient to readers if an index section can be added. Currently when I want to search the book, I must go to google books to search then mark in the book I have on hand. 2) Bishop James Edward Walsh was released in the year of 1970. Given that the authors were so knowledgable in the Church history, this was probably be just a typing mistake.
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Philip Selznick in his classic study of the Bolsheviks' organizational weaponry argued that the Bolsheviks' skill in making the full use of the potential of organizations, as well as its capacity to mobilize divergent elements enabled the Party to seize totalitarian political power. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Patriotic Association, Hong Kong, Chinese Catholic, Religious Affairs Bureau, Cultural Revolution, Three-Self Movement, United States, State Council, Holy Father, Administrative Council, Three-Self Patriotic Movement, Bishop Jin, Cardinal Kung, Federation of Asian, Matteo Ricci, Roman Curia, Bishop Kung, Propaganda Department, Bishop Gong, Bishop Luo, People's Republic of China, Bolshevik Party, Deng Xiaoping, Francis Chan, Father Wang New!
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Philip Selznick in his classic study of the Bolsheviks' organizational weaponry argued that the Bolsheviks' skill in making the full use of the potential of organizations, as well as its capacity to mobilize divergent elements enabled the Party to seize totalitarian political power. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Patriotic Association, Hong Kong, Chinese Catholic, Religious Affairs Bureau, Cultural Revolution, Three-Self Movement, United States, State Council, Holy Father, Administrative Council, Three-Self Patriotic Movement, Bishop Jin, Cardinal Kung, Federation of Asian, Matteo Ricci, Roman Curia, Bishop Kung, Propaganda Department, Bishop Gong, Bishop Luo, People's Republic of China, Bolshevik Party, Deng Xiaoping, Francis Chan, Father Wang New!
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- United Front by Maoist Internationalist Movement on 12 pages
- The Catholic Church: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles) by Hans Kung on 7 pages
- The Catholic Church in China by L. Ladany on 4 pages
- The Catholic Church in Modern China: Perspectives by Edmond Tang in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Eastern Europe (Library of Nations) by the editors of Time-Life Books in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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