"This ethnographic study of a Chinese Catholic village reveals how the rapid penetration of transnational processes into the People's Republic of China during the post-Mao period has redefined and created new social and cultural structures in rural communities. In examining the resurfacing of a Catholic community in a Hakka village in Jiaoling county, Guandong, the book shows what it means to be part of a global and modern rural village. The Hakka are members of a Chinese diasporic group that in the past few decades have mobilized international campaigns to strengthen ethnic solidarity. After surviving campaigns of persecution in the Maoist era, Catholic villagers incorporated their village church into the state religious administrative structure while remaining faithful to Catholic traditions. They managed this transformation despite a multiplicity of national and transnational processes that might have deterred them."--Publisher description.

Policy dilemmas in China's church-state relations: an introduction / Jason Kindopp -- State policy: control of religion -- A tradition of state dominance / Daniel H. Bays -- Control and containment in the reform era / Mickey Spiegel -- Accession to the world trade organization and state adaptation / Kim-Kwong Chan -- Church-state interaction -- Setting roots: the Catholic Church in China to 1949 / Jean-Paul Wiest -- Catholic conflict and cooperation in the People's Republic of China / Richard Madsen -- "Patriotic" Protestants: the making of an official church / Yihua Xu -- Fragmented yet defiant: Protestant resilience under Chinese Communist Party rule / Jason Kindopp -- Religion in U.S.-China relations -- Unreconciled differences: the staying power of religion / Peng Liu -- Advancing religious freedom in a global China: conclusions / Carol Lee Hamrin.

This work examines religion policy in China, the history and growth of the Catholic and Protestant churches in China, and the implications of church-state friction for US-China relations. It concludes with recommendations for US policy.

The Chinese Catholic Church in Changing Times / Cindy Yik-yi Chu -- An Overview of the Catholic Church in Post-Mao China / Gianni Criveller -- The Development of the Underground Church in Post-Mao China / Sergio Ticozzi -- Bishop Jin Luxian and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association of Shanghai / Rachel Xiaohong Zhu -- Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong / Beatrice K. F. Leung -- The Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Sinense from 1976 to Present / Raissa De Gruttola -- The Jinde Charities Foundation of Hebei Province and Catholic Charities in China / Zhipeng Zhang -- Recent Developments of Youth Ministry in China / Bruno Lepeu -- The Sheshan "Miracle" and Its Interpretations / Paul P. Mariani.

This book explores the Chinese Catholic Church as a whole as well as focusing on particular aspects of its activities, including diplomacy, politics, leadership, pilgrimage, youths, and non-Chinese Catholics in China. It discusses Sino-Vatican relations and the rationale behind the decisions taken by Pope Francis with regard to the appointment of bishops in China. The book also examines important changes and personalities in the Chinese Church, the Catholic organizations, and the Catholic communities in the Church, offering a key read for researchers and graduate students studying the Chinese Catholic Church, the Church in Asia, and religion in contemporary China.

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