Sino-Vatican relations: problems in conflicting authority, 1976-1986
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In: LSE monographs in international studies
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 19, Heft 64, S. 381-400
ISSN: 1469-9400
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 19, Heft 64, S. 381-400
ISSN: 1067-0564
For the last four centuries, under the policy of the Portuguese Padroado1454, the Macau Catholic Church has been closely associated with the Portuguese rulers of Macau in governing this 'Chinese territory under the Portuguese rule'. This church-state relationship in Macau before the Chinese takeover (1999) and after has become a client-patron relationship under the shadow of the Portuguese appeasement policy. In the context of the appeasement policy, this paper aims at discussing: (1) the close alliance between the Portuguese government and the Catholic Church in Macau, offering special privileges and convenience to the Church but weakening church capacity in evangelization and spiritual leadership; and (2) the interactions of the three actors in the triangular relationship among the Vatican, China and Macau. (J Contemp China/GIGA)
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In: China perspectives, Band 2006, Heft 1
ISSN: 1996-4617
In: The China quarterly, Band 184, S. 894-913
ISSN: 1468-2648
This article examines how the policy of "religious freedom" has been used to enable the CCP to retain institutional and ideological control over the religious sector of Chinese society. In particular, it looks at how the clash between religious and communist ideologies has evolved, first in the Maoist period and then in the context of reform and openness with the attendant growth of materialism and social change since 1978. A softening in the control of religion to encourage national reconstruction and foreign investment led to a proliferation of religious activity that alarmed Party leaders and triggered a tightening of ideological control and important changes in religious policy. The new policy of "accommodation" and emphasis on "legality" became the watchwords of the Jiang Zemin era. With further development they remain important in the new regime of Hu Jintao.
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 14, Heft 43, S. 353-370
ISSN: 1067-0564
In this article we discuss Sino-Vatican relations which have not evolved from dispute into rapprochement. Changes in the international political landscape have added new complications to old questions. The course of this relationship has not been smooth due to the ideological questions. The Chinese Communist Party and the Vatican have been struggling for teaching authority over 12 million Chinese Catholics over the last few decades. The fundamental difficulty rests in the ideological incompatibility between the dialectic materialism embedded in Marxism Leninism and religious idealism. (J Contemp China/DÜI)
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In: The China quarterly: an international journal for the study of China, Heft 184, S. 894-913
ISSN: 0305-7410, 0009-4439
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In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 14, Heft 43, S. 353-370
ISSN: 1469-9400
In: The China quarterly, Band 171, S. 741-779
ISSN: 1468-2648
In: The China Quarterly, Band 169, S. 204-238
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 11, Heft 33, S. 761-784
ISSN: 1067-0564
This article aims at giving an in-depth analysis on Falun Gong through a discussion of the determining and underlying reasons behind the phenomenon. From a political-sociological perspective, Falun Gong is taken as a quasi-religion which was able to function, first under political disapproval and then under severe legal constraints, thanks to a combination of modern day communication technology, indigenous Chinese culture and changes in state/Party and society relations. (J Contemp China/DÜI)
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In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 11, Heft 33, S. 761-784
ISSN: 1469-9400
In: The China quarterly: an international journal for the study of China, Heft 171, S. 741
ISSN: 0305-7410, 0009-4439
In: The China quarterly: an international journal for the study of China, Heft 169, S. 204
ISSN: 0305-7410, 0009-4439
In: Citizenship studies, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 203-219
ISSN: 1469-3593