The Chinese Catholic Church: Between Rome and Beijing and Sinicization from Above and Below
Both the Chinese state and the Vatican have an interest in maintaining more regular control over local Catholic community life. Their interests partially converge in seeking a regularized process for selecting Catholic bishops in the officially recognized part of the Chinese Church. This overlapping...
| Published in: | Review of Religion and Chinese Society |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Religious policy
/ Catholic church
/ Assimilation (Sociology)
/ Catholic church, Sancta Sedes
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| RelBib Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KBM Asia KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
"underground" church
B 梵蒂冈-中国“临时性协议” B Vatican-Chinese "provisional agreement" B official church B 官方教会 B 基层反抗 B government repression B 中国化 B 主教任命 B Sinicization B local resistance B 政府镇压 B selection of bishops B “地下”教会 |
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| Summary: | Both the Chinese state and the Vatican have an interest in maintaining more regular control over local Catholic community life. Their interests partially converge in seeking a regularized process for selecting Catholic bishops in the officially recognized part of the Chinese Church. This overlapping of interests is the basis for the "provisional agreement" between the Vatican and China on the selection of bishops signed on September 22, 2018. The agreement fails to address the area where Sino-Vatican interests diverge, i.e., the status of the thirty-six "underground" bishops, recognized by the Vatican but not by the Chinese government. Meanwhile, grassroots Catholic communities in China are deeply embedded in local social structures and their leaders have long exercised a considerable degree of agency in managing local affairs and adapting Catholic practices to local culture. The interaction between local communities and the long-term development of the Chinese Catholic church will depend, on the one hand, on the complex cooperative and competitive arrangements between the Vatican and the Chinese state and, on the other hand, on the interaction between the agency of local communities and the forces of control from above. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-3955 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22143955-00601002 |