In Authoritarian Containment , Marie-Eve Reny examines why local public security bureaus tolerate unregistered Protestant churches in urban China--an officially atheist country where religious practice is controlled by the state--when the central government considers them illegal. She also notes that other authoritarian regimes have employed a similar strategies to control the activities of informal religious organizations.
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In Authoritarian Containment , Marie-Eve Reny examines why local public security bureaus tolerate unregistered Protestant churches in urban China--an officially atheist country where religious practice is controlled by the state--when the central government considers them illegal. She also notes that other authoritarian regimes have employed a similar strategies to control the activities of informal religious organizations.
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