By Fenggang Yang
This selection of unique, new stories approximately Mainland China and Taiwan makes a speciality of spiritual alterations, and particularly the function of the kingdom and marketplace in affecting non secular advancements in those societies. details used to be accumulated by means of player remark and interviews basically, and the research of records secondarily. the subjects coated are: the growing to be curiosity within the research of faith, the equipment utilized by Christians in an effort to coexist with a communist govt, revival options getting used by means of Buddhist clergymen, the thoughts of Daoist monks and sect leaders to draw fans, the importance of mass-circulating morality books, and the continued debate concerning the value and nature of Confucianism. The e-book will curiosity social scientists, non secular experts, newshounds, and others who are looking to comprehend the altering nature of chinese language societies, and people drawn to spiritual swap in modernizing societies.
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But it also clearly reaffirms the atheist doctrine: religion will eventually wither away and atheist propaganda should be carried out unremittingly. Document No. 19 reports the reality of religious persistence: From the early 1950s to the early 1980s, the number of Muslims increased from over 8 million to over 10 million. 7 million to over 3 million. 7 million to about 3 million. Buddhism and Daoism have also persisted, although no enumeration was provided. Given that the whole population has about doubled from 1950 to 1980, the absolute number of religious believers has increased, but the proportion of believers in the whole population of the country has decreased (RAB 1995: 56).
A Protestant church in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, first reopened for religious services on 8 April 1979. Following this, churches began to re-open throughout the country. The national TSPM Committee was revitalized in 1980. Since then, the national and local TSPM committees have facilitated the reopening of many churches. In 1982, the TSPM committee of the Beidao District of the Tianshui Prefecture was established. In the same year, it helped the Wuzhuang Church to get back one of its properties.