Title: China's Catholics
First published: 1998
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Catholic Church, Liberté religieuse, Catholiques, Histoire religieuse, Rooms-Katholieke Kerk, Église catholique, Catholic church, china, Civilization, RELIGION, Christianity, Catholic, Philosophy & Religion
Places: China, Chine
Time periods: 20è siècle, 20e siècle
LC classification: BX1665 .M29 1998