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The Vatican s Gamble With Beijing Is Costing China s Catholics

The Vatican s Gamble With Beijing Is Costing China s Catholics
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In 2030, the country with the most Christians will be…

In 2030, the country with the most Christians will be…
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Sinicization: Culture or Politics?

In his incisive Christianity Today article titled “Xi Jinping Is Not Trying to Make Christianity More Chinese,” Purdue University professor Fenggang Yang draws a distinction between Sinicization, or the cultural adaptation of religion to Chinese culture, and what he calls “Chinafication,” a more literal translation of the Chinese term Zhongguo hua (中国化) used in the current “Sinicization of religion” campaign.

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It is important to make a clear distinction between cultural assimilation and political domestication.

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It is important to make a clear distinction between cultural assimilation and political domestication.

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