China's Church Divided by Paul P Mariani
Paul P. Mariani charts Chinas fraught Catholic revival after the Cultural Revolution, as Catholics loyal to Rome clashed with a state-sanctioned church. Focusing on Shanghai, where the state-appointed Bishop Louis Jin Luxian found himself at odds with underground church leaders, Mariani details a community perilously divided.
A page-turning story of oppression and resistance, wisdom and mistakes, hope and tragedyDrawing on his unique access to Jesuit archives, Paul Mariani sheds new light on the conflict between ecclesiastical and Communist politics in a tumultuous world moving out of the Cold War. -- Richard Madsen, author of China’s Catholics: Tragedy and Hope in an Emerging Civil Society
A wonderfully engaging book and an important contribution to scholarship. I shall certainly be recommending it to fellow academics, interested Catholics, and anyone else who wishes to learn more about Christianity in China. -- Henrietta Harrison, author of The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire
At a time when geopolitical tensions have again strained Sino-Western religious exchanges, China’s Church Divided offers a thoughtful and compelling history of Catholic leadership in 1980s Shanghai. Mariani's account attests to the resilience and adaptability of faith in China after Mao, illuminating how Bishop Jin Luxian navigated a political landscape fractured by split allegiances to the state and the Vatican. -- Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, author of The Bible and the Gun: Christianity in South China, 1860–1900
A wonderfully engaging book and an important contribution to scholarship. I shall certainly be recommending it to fellow academics, interested Catholics, and anyone else who wishes to learn more about Christianity in China. -- Henrietta Harrison, author of The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire
At a time when geopolitical tensions have again strained Sino-Western religious exchanges, China’s Church Divided offers a thoughtful and compelling history of Catholic leadership in 1980s Shanghai. Mariani's account attests to the resilience and adaptability of faith in China after Mao, illuminating how Bishop Jin Luxian navigated a political landscape fractured by split allegiances to the state and the Vatican. -- Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, author of The Bible and the Gun: Christianity in South China, 1860–1900
Paul P. Mariani is a Jesuit priest and Edmund Campion, S. J., Professor of History at Santa Clara University. He is the author of Church Militant: Bishop Kung and Catholic Resistance in Communist Shanghai and coeditor of People, Communities, and the Catholic Church in China.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674297654 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674297652 |
| Title | China's Church Divided |
| Author | Paul P Mariani |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2025-07-15 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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