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China's Catholics - Tragedy and Hope in an Emerging Civil Society (Hardcover, New)
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China's Catholics - Tragedy and Hope in an Emerging Civil Society (Hardcover, New)
Series: Comparative Studies in Religion and Society, 12
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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 society, particularly to its implications for the
development of a '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. Of particular
interest are the rural-urban split in the church, the question of
church authority, and the divisions between public and underground
practices of church followers. All kinds of religious groups have
revived and flourished in the post-Mao era. Protestants, Buddhists,
Daoists, practitioners of folk religions, even intellectuals
seeking more secularized answers to 'ultimate' concerns are engaged
in spiritual quests. Madsen is interested in determining if such
quests contain the resources for constructing a more humane
political order in China. Will religion contribute to or impede
economic modernization? What role will the church play in the
pluralization of society? The questions he raises in China's
Catholics are important not only for China's political future but
for all countries in transition from political totalitarianism.
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