{"product_id":"mobilized-merchants-patriotic-martyrs-timothy-garner-conkling-9781502331946","title":"Mobilized Merchants-Patriotic Martyrs: China's House-Church Protestants and the Politics of Cooperative Resistance","description":"In this illuminating study, Dr. Timothy Garner Conkling addresses five foundational questions about the PRC house-church movement. How did the Protestant house-church movement develop? What factors contribute to its rapid growth? Why are house-church Christians persecuted by the government? What strategies of resistance are mobilized by house-church Christians in response? What role does the international community have in pressuring the PRC to expand the boundaries of religious freedom? Motivated by a historical, evangelical theology, China's house-church Protestants balance patriotic allegiance to their government with conscientious objection to the laws and regulations that threaten its growth. Branded as \"evil-cultists\" and persecuted by local, provincial, and national authorities, China's house-church Protestants respond with a strategy of cooperative resistance that includes submission and cooperative respect, yet organized and international pressure and appeal. Through an extensive analysis of three prominent house-church networks; the China Gospel Fellowship, the South China Church, and the allied house-churches of Wenzhou, Dr. Conkling explains why the PRC government labels house-churches as cults and why house-church Protestants have opted for cooperative resistance over-against revolt or violence as a response. This book informs religious believers interested in the growth of the house-church movement, political analysts who seek to better understand church-State relations in the PRC, and international sympathizers who want to cooperate with house-church Protestants to expand the boundaries of religious freedom in the PRC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy Garner Conkling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1502331942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781502331946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Timothy Garner Conkling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985276928255,"sku":"9781502331946","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35a2418d-9fa1-4f9d-bb9c-c8fa3b55c931.jpg?v=1683276605","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mobilized-merchants-patriotic-martyrs-timothy-garner-conkling-9781502331946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}