Description: Paul P. Mariani charts China's fraught Catholic revival after the Cultural Revolution, as Catholics loyal to Rome clashed with a state-sanctioned church. Focusing on Shanghai, where the state-appointed Bishop Louis Jin Luxian found himself at odds with underground church leaders, Mariani details a community perilously divided.
Brief description: Paul P. Mariani is a Jesuit priest and Edmund Campion, S. J., Professor of History at Santa Clara University. He is the author of Church Militant: Bishop Kung and Catholic Resistance in Communist Shanghai and coeditor of People, Communities, and the Catholic Church in China.
Review Quotes: An essential book for those wanting to understand the complexity of religious faith in China. It is both a significant historical study and a deeply personal account of a man and his community's efforts to navigate this tension.--Joann Pittman "ChinaSource" (9/19/2025 12:00:00 AM)