Persecution and Martyrdoms in China

C 2021

Persecution and Martyrdoms in China

RYCHETSKÁ, Magdaléna

Basic information

Original name

Persecution and Martyrdoms in China

Authors

RYCHETSKÁ, Magdaléna (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Singapore, The Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia, p. 1-35, 35 pp. 2021

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

Singapore

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

References:

odkaz na knihu

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00123404

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-981-15-9365-9

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9365-9_14-1

Keywords in English

Catholic Church; Church–state relations; Totalitarian regime ;Persecution; Martyrdom; Sino-Vatican relations; Regulations on Religious Affairs

Abstract

V originále

Government edicts are unilaterally imposed by the decision-makers, the political elites, without considering those affected by them. The authoritarian government’s relationship as the holder of power and the actions and reactions of Catholics affected by the government’s pronouncements is a complex one. Even under an authoritarian regime, the Catholic Church in China may see itself as needing to develop a mutually supportive relationship with the state. Catholics in China can take one of the two main paths. They can struggle against the government and even mobilize direct opposition to it: as a hierarchical social group, it may have sufficient resources to organize its members to oppose this form of domination. Alternatively, they can seek to cooperate with the government to secure economic, cultural, and symbolic resources. The following chapter focuses on the development of the Catholic Church in China since the establishment of the PRC in 1949. It observes Chinese Catholics of all of the abovementioned groups: the CCPA, the local churches under the CCPA, and the underground Church. The chapter follows their political and cultural struggles under the communist leadership of the PRC. The presented data are based on study of the existing literature and fieldwork which was conducted in Zhejiang province in 2018 and 2019. Data were collected during two fieldwork studies: the first from March to June 2018 and the second in May and June 2019. Both pieces of fieldwork combined semi-structured interviews, narrative interviews, and participant observation. Twenty representatives of the open Catholic Church in China were interviewed.

Links

MUNI/FF-DEAN/0080/2021, interní kód MU

Name: Christianity and authoritarian regime in Chinese societies

Investor: Masaryk University, FA Dean's program

Citovat

RYCHETSKÁ, Magdaléna. Persecution and Martyrdoms in China. Online. In Yik-yi Chu, Cindy; Leung, Beatrice. The Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, p. 1-35. ISBN 978-981-15-9365-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9365-9_14-1.

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RYCHETSKÁ, Magdaléna. Persecution and Martyrdoms in China. Online. In Yik-yi Chu, Cindy; Leung, Beatrice. \textit{The Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia}. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, p.~1-35. ISBN~978-981-15-9365-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9365-9\_{}14-1.

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