Chinese Protestant Reactions to the Zhejiang “Three Rectifications, One Demolition” Campaign

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" Chinese Protestant Reactions to the Zhejiang “Three Rectifications, One Demolition” Campaign "
Mark McLeister

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082626
Doc. No	:	LA126255
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22143955-00501005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Mark McLeister
Title & Author	:	Chinese Protestant Reactions to the Zhejiang “Three Rectifications, One Demolition” Campaign [Article]\ Mark McLeister
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	5/1
Page No	:	76–100
Abstract	:	This paper analyzes the wider effects of church demolitions and cross removals in Zhejiang on another location within the Huadong region. Based on fieldwork conducted in 2014 and 2015, this paper argues that the demolition of churches and church crosses is a potential catalyst for millenarian beliefs within popular Christianity. Much of the research on millenarianism has focused on specific movements. However, this paper utilizes the concept of millenarianism as a “body of underground ideas and thought which circulates in a community” and argues that the Zhejiang events have heightened millenarian beliefs within the Huanghaicheng Protestant community and resulted in an interpretation of these events as indicating that the “Last Days” are imminent. This perception has been facilitated by other “signs.” This paper furthers our understanding of the potential impact that political campaigns can have on popular Christianity and what resources individual believers draw on for making sense of them. This paper analyzes the wider effects of church demolitions and cross removals in Zhejiang on another location within the Huadong region. Based on fieldwork conducted in 2014 and 2015, this paper argues that the demolition of churches and church crosses is a potential catalyst for millenarian beliefs within popular Christianity. Much of the research on millenarianism has focused on specific movements. However, this paper utilizes the concept of millenarianism as a “body of underground ideas and thought which circulates in a community” and argues that the Zhejiang events have heightened millenarian beliefs within the Huanghaicheng Protestant community and resulted in an interpretation of these events as indicating that the “Last Days” are imminent. This perception has been facilitated by other “signs.” This paper furthers our understanding of the potential impact that political campaigns can have on popular Christianity and what resources individual believers draw on for making sense of them.
Descriptor	:	“Three Rectifications, One Demolition” campaign
Descriptor	:	“三改一拆”运动
Descriptor	:	Huadong
Descriptor	:	millenarianism
Descriptor	:	popular Christianity
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Sociology of Religion
Descriptor	:	Zhejiang
Descriptor	:	千禧年主义
Descriptor	:	华东
Descriptor	:	浙江省
Descriptor	:	草根基督教
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22143955-00501005‬