CHINA STUDY JOURNAL CHINA DESK Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Sh- churches ìogethe AU r IN BRITAIN AND I II i u « 0® China Study Journal Autumn/Winter 2008 Editorial Address: China Desk, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Bastille Court, 2 Paris Garden, London, SEI 8ND, United Kingdom Email:
[email protected] ISSN 0956-4314 Cover: Nial Smith Design, from: Shen Zhou (1427-1509), Poet on a Mountain Top, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Album leaf mounted as a hand scroll, ink and water colour on paper, silk mount, image 15 lA x 23 % inches (38.74 x 60.33cm). © "The Nelson-Arkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase: Nelson Trust, 46-51/2. Photograph by Robert Newcombe. Layout by raspberryhmac - www.raspberryhmac.co.uk Contents Editorial Section 1 Articles Zhuo Xinping Societal Changes and Religious Reconstruction in Contemporary China Li Shunhua Another Aspect of Chinese Rural Christianity — Based on a field survey of a rural church in north Henan province Chen Shengbai A Minority amongst a minority: an investigation into the situation of [Protestant] Christianity in Southern Gansu Section 2 Documentation Editor: Edmond Tang Managing Editor: Lawrence Braschi Translators: Cinde Lee, Lawrence Breen, Alison Hardie, Lawrence Braschi Abbreviations ANS : Amity News Service (HK) CASS : Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing) CCBC : Chinese Catholic Bishops' Conference CCC : China Christian Council CCPA : Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association CM : China Muslim (Journal) CPPCC : Chinese People's Consultative Conference FY : Fa Yin (Journal of the Chinese Buddhist Assoc.) SCMP : South China Morning Post(HK) SE : Sunday Examiner (HK) TF : Tian Feng (Journal of the China Christian Council) TSPM : Three-Seif Patriotic Movement UCAN : Union of Catholic Asian News ZENIT : Catholic News Agency ZG DJ : China Taoism (Journal) ZGTZJ : Catholic Church in China (Journal of Chinese Catholic Church) Note: the term lianghui is used in this journal to refer to the joint committees of the TSPM and CCC.