Chinese Catholic Visionaries and the Socialist Education Movement in Shanxi (1963-65)

In the spring and summer of 1965 lay Catholics facing the pressures of the Socialist Education Movement in rural north China began to see visions and to preach. This paper examines these events, their origins in local history, their relationship to the Chinese and international political context, a...

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Main Author: Harrison, H
Format: Journal article
Published: Catholic University of America Press 2014
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description In the spring and summer of 1965 lay Catholics facing the pressures of the Socialist Education Movement in rural north China began to see visions and to preach. This paper examines these events, their origins in local history, their relationship to the Chinese and international political context, and how they interacted with the ongoing campaign that led into the Cultural Revolution. It argues that local context is crucial in understanding religious repression in the Maoist era and that these events are important to Catholics in the area today because the memory of them shapes ongoing relations between Catholics and the state.
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