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Protestant House Church Law Studies In Shanxi Province

Posted on:2015-08-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:F Q LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2296330461983955Subject:Constitution and Administrative Law
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Our country constitution stipulates that citizens have the freedom of religious belief. However, since the birth of country, there are tensions between religious and governments. In our country, the problem of Protestantism, in a word, is the problem of house churches. Due to traffic inconvenience, not enough churches, different doctrines, political differences and historical reasons, Protestants are not willing to participate in the three-self churches, but spontaneous set independent house church for religious activities. Along with the social change, urbanization process accelerated, Protestantism has been developing rapidly in our country, the development of house churches is no longer limited to the form of family-unit, begin to walk into residential areas; Larger house churches may rent office space, or build their own church. If both methods can’t achieve, they may worship openly. The rapid development of house churches, there are many conflicts between the house churches and the government. The old management style has been unable to adapt to the development of house churches. Plus the relationship of church and state is fuzzy, and the long-term absence of religion law, make the contradiction between the government and house church cannot be fundamentally solved, Protestantism house church problems become Chinese widespread social problems, which needs to be solved from the level of law.Shanxi Province is located in China’s inland, the development of Protestantism is slower than the eastern region and conflicts between church and state is more gentle. In fact, the problem of Protestantism house church in our province is still not allow to ignore. In 2009 in Fushan, Linfen, house church events caused the widespread attention at home and abroad, to become the typical cases of dealing with Protestantism house church in China. In Shanxi Province as the research base, therefore, analysis of the Protestantism house church problem, will help us study the nationwide Protestantism house church issues, and safeguard citizens’ freedom of religious belief.This paper, based on the investigation and research, uses the text comparison and case analysis methods, systematically analyzes the problems and solution on the Protestantism house church in Shanxi Province. Discourse the specific steps are as follows:The first chapter introduces the connotation and historical development of the Protestantism house church in Shanxi.The second chapter takes Fushan lesson as the breakthrough point of Protestantism house church in Shanxi Province. General legal issues and the core of social problems are analyzed in depth.The third chapter, in-depth analysis of the correct way of solving the problem of Protestantism house church, its Angle is of constitutionalism, including the relationship between church and state, freedom of religious belief, and of the citizen’s political rights protection, civil society and country under the rule of law, etc.The fourth chapter, from the legislation, law enforcement, judicial,three aspects propose the Protestantism house churches under the rule of law solution of the problem.
Keywords/Search Tags:House church, Freedom of religious belief, Legal regulation
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