A Reflection on China’s Economic Reform from the Perspective of Catholic Social Teaching

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" A Reflection on China’s Economic Reform from the Perspective of Catholic Social Teaching "
Zhe Gao

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069268
Doc. No	:	LA112897
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341518‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Zhe Gao
Title & Author	:	A Reflection on China’s Economic Reform from the Perspective of Catholic Social Teaching [Article]\ Zhe Gao
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	11/4
Page No	:	455–476
Abstract	:	It has been nearly four decades since China initiated its economic reform in 1978. In spite of the fact that this reform has brought unprecedented economic growth to China, it is viewed by many (including myself) as problematic and has recently been caught in a tension between recession and inequity. This article explores the structural flaws of China’s economic reforms in the light of modern Catholic social teaching, with particular reference to the basic theological principles it applies within the political-economic spheres. On the basis of the Catholic understanding of economic liberty, market, government, and equity, this article furnishes a public theological agenda for China’s economic reforms, in order to help resolve the problems they are facing. Meanwhile, based on the same theological standpoint, it also provides a critical assessment of the New Left’s negation of the liberal economy.
Descriptor	:	Catholic social teaching
Descriptor	:	China’s economic reform
Descriptor	:	economic liberty
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Jewish Studies
Descriptor	:	Philosophy, Theology Science
Descriptor	:	Practical Theology
Descriptor	:	public theology
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Sociology of Religion
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341518‬