The Battle for China’s Spirit is the first comprehensive analysis of its kind, focusing on seven major religious groups in China that together account for over 350 million believers: Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Tibetan Buddhism, and Falun Gong. The study examines the evolution of the Communist Party’s policies of religious control, how they are applied differently to diverse faith communities, and how citizens are responding to these policies. The study—which draws on hundreds of official documents and interviews with religious leaders, lay believers, and scholars—finds that Chinese government controls over religion have intensified since November 2012, seeping into new areas of daily life. Yet millions of religious believers defy official restrictions or engage in some form of direct protest, at times scoring significant victories. The report explores how these dynamics affect China’s overall social, political, and economic environment, while offering recommendations to both the Chinese government and international actors for how to increase the space for peaceful religious practice in a country where spirituality has been deeply embedded in its culture for millennia.
This booklet examines the evidence that the days of eschatological realization may be fast approaching. It is designed to encourage believers and to cause people outside of Christianity to consider the Bible's amazing prophecies. This is the new, edited version.
This essay presents the fascinating Old Testament basis for one of the New Testament's most remarkable passages. It also seeks to defend the standard Hebrew text in an age of increasing skepticism brought about by the Septuagint and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The sixth century B.C. was a pivotal time in world history. The Buddha had been born in the East, while Daniel the prophet had been taken away captive to Babylon. This short booklet explores the life and sayings of these two influential men from a fundamental Christian perspective. This is the new, edited version.
There are interesting allegorical teachings uncovered when the occurrences of frogs are considered in the Bible. Join me as I relate these fascinating details. This booklet has been newly revised.