tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post113920164909802364..comments2023-11-13T04:15:43.184-06:00Comments on Cantànima: Christianity and Communist regimesjack perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681558050302289235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post-1139586525132898992006-02-10T09:48:00.000-06:002006-02-10T09:48:00.000-06:00Oh -- and I won't argue Chinese history with someo...Oh -- and I won't argue Chinese history with someone who writes his name in Chinese characters, and who discusses the cultural problems at Disneyland Hong Kong. I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid. :-)jack perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681558050302289235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post-1139586145743285562006-02-10T09:42:00.000-06:002006-02-10T09:42:00.000-06:00Thanks for the comment. In case it's unclear, my p...Thanks for the comment. In case it's unclear, my point wasn't that Christian missionary work didn't cause unrest in China, or even that religious movements didn't cause them. Rather, the main point was that there is nothing surprising about a Communist regime suppressing religion, even one so nominally Communist as China's modern regime. While Communism has a particular nasty streak when it comesjack perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681558050302289235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post-1139547402215471402006-02-09T22:56:00.000-06:002006-02-09T22:56:00.000-06:00I think you are correct in saying that "imperialis...I think you are correct in saying that "imperialism" doesn't quite explain the Chinese Communist Party's present-day suspicion of Christianity. Of more importance, perhaps, is the long history of millenarian rebellion in China. The Qing dynasty alone (whom the PRC, after a period of instability, eventually succeeded) witnessed the White Lotus movements (a millenarian form of Buddhism) as well asJeremiah Jennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004730563251915583noreply@blogger.com