Pulsation of Catholicism in the Religious Landscape of China
https://doi.org/10.18384/2712-7621-2023-2-170-181
Abstract
Aim. The purpose of the paper is to identify the spatial component of the development of Catholicism in China in the 14th – early 21st centuries.
Methodology. The historical and geographical analysis of the peculiarities of the development of the Roman Catholic Church within China is employed as the main method. Structural changes in the confessional space of Catholicism in the country are revealed using available statistical data for the period of the 20th–21st centuries.
Results. A conclusion is made that the pulsation of Catholicism in the religious landscape is determined by the nature of relationship between the Holy See and secular authorities of China. On the basis of the analysis of statistical sources, we identify the main structural elements of the space of Catholicism in China, i.e. five confessional regions, namely, Northern, Eastern, Southern, Central and Western.
Research implication. A scientific view on the spatial development of Catholicism in China as a result of the interaction of the globalist strategy of Catholicism and the nationally oriented policy of the country’s authorities is justified.
Supporting agencies: The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 19-18-00054-P
About the Authors
S. A. Gorokhov
Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Stanislav A. Gorokhov – Dr. Sci. (Geography), Professor, Leading Research Fellow, Centre for
Global and Strategic Studies,
ul. Spiridonovka 30/1, Moscow 123001
M. A. Agafoshin
Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maksim M. Agafoshin – Cand. Sci. (Geography), Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Global and Strategic Studies,
ul. Spiridonovka 30/1, Moscow 123001
R. V. Dmitriev
Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ruslan V. Dmitriev – Dr. Sci. (Geography), Member of the Directorate, Leading Research
Fellow, Centre for Global and Strategic Studies,
ul. Spiridonovka 30/1, Moscow 123001
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