Resistance Under Communist China Religious Protesters, Advocates and Opportunists /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Wang, Ray (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Human Rights Interventions
• Θέματα: Asia-Politics and government.; Human rights.; Religion and politics.; Asian Politics.; Human Rights.; Politics and Religion.

This book examines religious activism-Christianity, Buddhism, and Taoism-in China, a powerful atheist state that provides one of the hardest challenges to existing methods of transnational activism. The author focuses on mechanisms used by three kinds of actors: protesters, advocates and opportunist...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Facilitating Activism in a Strong Authoritarian State
• 3. China's Religious Affairs Policy
• 4. United Front Work and Religious Affairs Institutions
• 5. A Tale of Four Cities: Transnational Christian Activism in the Heartland
• 6. Buddha vs. Jesus: The Transnationalism of Traditional Religions
• 7. Go Beyond Religion and China
• 8. Conclusion.