“The Beijing social commentator Li Fan once wrote a monograph on Christianity in China declaring that China’s unregistered churches were the only real example of civil society—in other words, organizations independent of government control that tried to change or improve… — Ian Johnson Copy Share Image
“As distressing to the Catholic Church as was the discovery of their mythos and ritual in Mexico was finding it in Asia, from the Near to Far East. In the 19th century, Catholic missionary Abbe Huc traveled to Asia, where… — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image