Editor's introduction

Article Abstract:

Issues related to the relationship between the Chinese government and religion are examined, focusing on the policies of the Chinese Christian churches that are officially sanctioned by the state. Topics include the manner in which church policies agree with state religious policies regarding religion; and church policies regarding education, birth control, baptism, and conversion.

Analysis, Church and state

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Some hot issues in our work on religion

Article Abstract:

The Chinese Communist Party policy toward religion has been implemented successfully, yet continues to face several challenges. These include Western attempts to use religion as a tool for dissention, subversive religious cults, and the need to guide the nearly 100 million religious believers in adapting to socialism.

Social policy, Communist Party (China)

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Letter to brothers and sisters in the Lord Nationwide from the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China (March 1, 1980)

Article Abstract:

A letter from the Standing Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches is presented. Topics include freedom of religion, the impact Lin Biao and the Gang of Four had on religion in China, the relationship between religion and patriotism, and the prevention of harmful foreign influences.

Religion, Speeches, lectures and essays, Transcript, Churches, Church buildings

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