Subordination, separation, and autonomy: Chinese protestant approaches to the relationship between religion and state
In the history of the religion-state relationship in China, a model of subordination of religion to the state has been dominant for centuries. In recent years, some Chinese Protestant churches have advocated the model of separation of church and state. Through a historical and theological analysis,...
| Autres titres: | Symposium: Debating religion and public life in contemporary China |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2020]
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Journal of law and religion
Année: 2020, Volume: 35, Numéro: 1, Pages: 149-164 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
China
/ Religion
/ État
/ Subordination
/ Protestantisme
/ Autonomie
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions CH Christianisme et société KBM Asie KDD Église protestante |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Hong Kong
B China B church-state relations B Protestant |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Résumé: | In the history of the religion-state relationship in China, a model of subordination of religion to the state has been dominant for centuries. In recent years, some Chinese Protestant churches have advocated the model of separation of church and state. Through a historical and theological analysis, this study argues that in order to relieve the tensions between Chinese Protestantism and the contemporary Chinese government, a better conceptual alternative is to reconsider the issue in terms of autonomy rather than separation or subordination, and to argue for legally allowing the coexistence of both official and nonofficial churches and grant different degrees of autonomy to each. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2020.3 |