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Protestant Christianity and civil society in authoritarian Chin: the impact of official churches and unregistered "urban churches" on civil society development in China in the 2000s / Vala, Carsten T   Journal Article
Vala, Carsten T Journal Article
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Publication 2012.
Summary/Abstract 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.
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