Authoritarian Containment
Public Security Bureaus and Protestant House Churches in Urban China
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 8 November 2018
- ISBN 9780190698089
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages184 pages
- Size 155x239x22 mm
- Weight 277 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
In Authoritarian Containment, Marie-Eve Reny examines why local public security bureaus tolerate unregistered Protestant churches in urban China--an officially atheist country where religious practice is controlled by the state--when the central government considers them illegal. She also notes that other authoritarian regimes have employed a similar strategies to control the activities of informal religious organizations.
MoreLong description:
In Authoritarian Containment, Marie-Eve Reny examines why local public security bureaus tolerate unregistered Protestant churches in urban China--an officially atheist country where religious practice is controlled by the state--when the central government considers them illegal. She argues that local states tolerate these churches to contain the underground practice of Protestantism. Containment necessitates a bargain between informal religious organizations and the state. Even though they are not regulated, unregistered churches are allowed to operate conditionally, so long as church leaders keep a low profile, share information as needed with local authorities, and agree that the state will not grant them formal institutional recognition.
Reny also considers authoritarian regimes other than China that employ a similar strategy to control informal religious communities. She focuses on two Middle East cases-President Sadat's control of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1970s Egypt and the Jordanian monarchy's containment of jihadi Salafists after 2006. By reducing the incentives for local religious leaders to politicize and inducing such leaders to willingly provide inside information, governments can avoid the heavy hand of coercion and forceful co-optation.
Based on extensive fieldwork, Authoritarian Containment offers insight into the way authoritarian regimes neutralize underground religious leaders and discourage opposition to the state.
This book is clearly argued and based on ample evidence. Whoever is interested in comparative politics and contemporary relationships between religion and state will benefit from reading it.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Explaining Authoritarian Containment
Informal Protestantism in China and Local Government Toleration
Why Public Security Bureaus Contain Protestant House Churches
Everyday Forms of Containment
Containment and Authoritarian Regime Resilience
Containment across Authoritarian Landscapes
Conclusion
Afterword
Bibliography
