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- Title
PROTECTING AND STRIVING FOR THE RIGHTS TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: CASE STUDIES ON THE PROTESTANT HOUSE CHURCHES IN CHINA.
- Authors
Zhaohui Hong
- Abstract
Several case studies are presented concerning Protestant house churches in the People's Republic of China (PRC) as of Spring 2012. The article describes the development of Chinese Protestant churches since the formation of the PRC in 1949, including the growth of the so-called Three-Self Churches (TSC). The article states that house churches in China were not legally permitted to exist, to build churches, or found religious schools as of 2012. The article also discusses Article 36 of the Chinese constitution and the use of the Christian bible in China.
- Subjects
CHINA; HOUSE churches; CHRISTIANITY; PROTESTANT churches; CHRISTIANS; HISTORY; RELIGION
- Publication
Journal of Third World Studies, 2012, Vol 29, Issue 1, p249
- ISSN
8755-3449
- Publication type
Case Study