A Besieged Boom
Christianity in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10828675 |
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| Authors | Tobias Brandner (0000-0003-3859-5583, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 194-199 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5736 • E-ISSN: 2044-2556 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0040573619859015 |
| OpenAlex | W2979393128 |
| Language | EN |
This article offers a short portrait of Christianity in China with a focus on core factors in its recent growth. It interprets the recent repression against Christianity and religion overall as the ruling party’s reaction to groups successfully offering alternative values and alternative communal life, thus threatening the party’s monopolized claim of representing the people
Art history · Boom · China · Christianity · Core (optical fiber) · Focus (optics) · Political science · Portrait · Sociology · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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