Sino-Vatican relations : problems in conflicting authority, 1976-1986 / Beatrice Leung.
Series: LSE monographs in international studiesPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.Description: xix, 415 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0521381738 (hardback)
- 9780521381734 (hardback)
- 0810823896
- 9780810823891
- Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- China
- China -- Foreign relations -- Catholic Church
- China -- Foreign relations -- 1976-
- China -- Church history -- 20th century
- Buitenlandse betrekkingen
- Heiliger Stuhl
- Außenpolitik
- China
- Église catholique -- Relations extérieures Chine -- 1970-2000
- Église catholique -- Relations extérieures -- Chine -- 1970-2000
- Eglise catholique -- Relations extérieures -- Chine -- 1970-2000
- Chine -- Histoire religieuse -- 20è siècle
- Église catholique -- Relations extérieures
- Chine -- Relations extérieures -- Église catholique -- 1970-2000
- Geschichte (1976-1986)
- Vatican Foreign relations with China, history
- China Foreign relations with Vatican, history
- Foreign relations History
- Vatican City State
- China
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- BX1665 .L48 1991
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 384-399) and index.
Vol. 2. The model program guide. 1991.
How can the contemporary claims of communism and national culture be reconciled with a universal religion? How can the government of the People's Republic of China with its claim to absolute sovereignty exist alongside the spiritual authority of the Roman Catholic church? This conflict between two centres of authority has been at the core of recent relations between the Catholic church and China. In this first book-length study of the subject, Dr. Beatrice Leung analyses the interactions between China and the Holy See from 1976 to 1986. Dr. Leung examines the historic relationship between the Catholic church and China both prior to 1949 and from 1949 to 1976. She then analyses the major problems between these two institutions as they tried to establish a dialogue for future reconciliation. These include the need for the Vatican to transfer its recognition of China from Taipei to Beijing; the role of the Pope with his spiritual leadership of Chinese Catholics; and the handling of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. The book concludes with suggestions for a basis for church-state rapprochement. Throughout her work, Dr. Leung uses Chinese language sources, both on the Catholic and Communist sides. These are supplemented by a wide range of interviews which the author has conducted in the Vatican, in Hong Kong and with members of the official and unofficial Catholic churches inside China itself.
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