From Cooperation to Resistance: Christian Responses to Intensified Suppression in China Today

This article provides a description and analysis of these strategies responding to suppression and persecution. The materials used here are based on more than a decade of fieldwork research the author has conducted in various parts of China, formal and informal interviews with Chinese Christian lead...

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Published inThe review of faith & international affairs Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 79 - 90
Main Author Yang, Fenggang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arlington Routledge 02.01.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Asian people
Christians
Cooperation
Fieldwork
Internet
Mass media
Oppression
Religious persecution
Resistance
Social networks
Typology
China
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Summary:This article provides a description and analysis of these strategies responding to suppression and persecution. The materials used here are based on more than a decade of fieldwork research the author has conducted in various parts of China, formal and informal interviews with Chinese Christian leaders, fieldwork reports and papers from various researchers and research assistants, social media sources available on the internet, and news, scholarly, or non-scholarly publications in Chinese or English. The primary goals of this article are to establish a typology of Chinese Christian responses to persecution and examine the growing resistance in response to increased persecution.
ISSN:1557-0274
1931-7743
DOI:10.1080/15570274.2017.1284415