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Religion and social stability: China’s religious policies in the Age of Reform

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  • Changgang Guo
  • Fengmei Zhang

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Under a strongly entrenched and powerful regime since the Han Dynasty, China has formed a unique ‘state-lead, church-follow’ model, in which the secular regime always incorporates religious affairs into its national administration. The Chinese Communist Party’s religious policy has largely remained an inheritance of the practice dating back to ancient times. In response to the great ‘religious awakening’ in the age of reform, especially the political risks that religion was seen to pose after the downfall of the USSR and the disintegration of the Communist bloc in Eastern Europe, the Party proposed a policy of ‘management of religious affairs according to law’. This ‘self-centred’ policy is being challenged, yet is crucial to social and political stability.

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  • Changgang Guo & Fengmei Zhang, 2015. "Religion and social stability: China’s religious policies in the Age of Reform," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(11), pages 2183-2195, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:36:y:2015:i:11:p:2183-2195
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1067862
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