China Is Nationalizing Christianity

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">China will redouble its efforts to nationalize Christianity, a senior Chinese official announced on last Thursday.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The construction of Chinese Christian theology should adapt to China’s national condition and integrate with Chinese culture,” Wang Zuoan, director of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, said at a Shanghai forum on the “Sinicization of Christianity,” <a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0807/c90882-8766262.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">according to Chinese state media</a>.</span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em;"> <a href="http://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/thediplomat_2014-08-11_19-53-08-386x256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/thediplomat_2014-08-11_19-53-08-386x256.jpg"></a></div> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_advertiser.dbm">marketing</a></noscript> <script type="text/javascript"> ( function() { if (window.CHITIKA === undefined) { window.CHITIKA = { 'units' : [] }; }; var unit = {"publisher":"milevski21","width":300,"height":250,"sid":"Chitika Default"}; var placement_id = window.CHITIKA.units.length; window.CHITIKA.units.push(unit); document.write('<div id="chitikaAdBlock-' + placement_id + '"></div>'); var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.src = '//cdn.chitika.net/getads.js'; try { document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(s); } catch(e) { document.write(s.outerHTML); } }()); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ads.qadserve.com/t?id=a2b34d3a-e07c-4678-a7a8-346319aafab6&size=728x90"></script> </div>

China Is Nationalizing Christianity

China will redouble its efforts to nationalize Christianity, a senior Chinese official announced on last Thursday. “The construction of ...

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