POLI 338 Chapter Notes -Feng Shui, Consecration, Second Vatican Council
4 Feb 2013
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Greater social freedom, which accompanied dengist economic development, saw revival of religious traditions in many parts of china. Government remains committed to control and regulation, but when local conditions permit, religious activites come bubbling to the surface. Some outside help from chinese diaspora and foreign organizations along religious ties, but most fundamental impetus is chinese people themselves. Contrary to marxist ideology, religion has not withered but flourished. This amounts to a challenge to the authority of the party and state. Religious freedom is important to china"s foreign relations. Imperial china has always been characterized by a state that assumed it has the right and obligation to control every aspect of life, including religious beliefs and practices. Prc has five recognized religious daoism, buddhism, islam, roman. Catholicism, and protestantism but independent groups and popular religious sects are proscribed. This also leaves out beliefs and rituals of majority of chinese people as practiced in local communities.
