Titre | Protestant Christianity and Civil Society in Authoritarian China | |
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Auteur | Carsten T. Vala | |
Revue | China perspectives | |
Numéro | no 2012/3 Locating Civil Society | |
Rubrique / Thématique | Special feature: Locating Civil Society: Communities Defending Basic Liberties |
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Page | 43-52 | |
Résumé anglais |
Religious groups can reinforce, complement, or undermine authoritarian domination. This article investigates whether high-status Protestant churches act as democratising civil society organisations by gathering hundreds of Protestants openly outside state structures to change church registration policies. In so doing, they also seek to curtail state domination over religion and, by extension, over all groups in society. Source : Éditeur (via OpenEdition Journals) |