Demography Indigeneity and religion in the Mentawai Islands November 28, 2019 0 Image credit: Christian Hammons. Written by Christian Hammons. Aman Boroiogok is literally the poster boy for the indigenous people of the Mentawai Islands in West…
China China’s religion problem: Why the Chinese Communist Party views religious belief as a threat October 17, 2019 0 Image Credit: Photo by Kevin Poh/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. By John Powers. Beginning in the earliest grades, Chinese students are subjected to anti-religious propaganda. They learn that…
China-Vatican Taiwan and the Vatican: Relations from Past to Near Future August 21, 2019 0 Written by Alexandre Tsung-ming Chen. Image credit: Vice President Chen expressed regards to Vatican Secretary of State Card. Pietro Parolin by the Office of the…
China The religious landscape of China in the twenty-first century August 5, 2019 1 By Fenggang Yang. Image Credit: Tibetan by Rod Waddington/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Religious diversity in China is very broad. Not only are there the traditional eastern religions…
China Wounds that fester: Histories of Chinese Islamophobia August 2, 2019 0 By Hannah Theaker. Image Credit: China by M M/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Sometime in March 2019 the Baike Baidu page about the Great Northwestern Muslim Rebellion (陕甘回民起义),…
China Religions: Restrictions and reality in China August 1, 2019 0 By Elizabeth Van Wie Davis. Image Credit: Ningbo Christian Church by Bill L/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. China has always had a distinctive view of religion formed as…
China Redeeming China’s sweatshops: Christianity and migrant factory workers in Shenzhen July 31, 2019 2 Written by Quan Gao. Image Credit: Foxlink factory China by Chris/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. It has been nine years since the Foxconn suicide event in 2010, when…
China China looking beyond the Dalai Lama July 30, 2019 0 Written by David Scott. Image Credit: Dalai Lama by webted/Flickr, Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. On 9 June 2019 the Global Times, the populist outlet within the People’s Daily,…
China Media coverage of gods in China under an atheist regime July 29, 2019 0 By Qingjiang Yao and Zhaoxi Liu. Image Credit: Photo by Noliv O/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-ND 2.0. Although China officially follows an ideology of atheism, the number of religious…
China Chinese Christianity encounters Islam along the Belt and Road Initiative July 3, 2019 0 Written by Emily Dawes. Image Credit: A Crucifix by Simon Shek/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. China’s indigenous Christian missions began in the early twentieth century with…
