Uneasy Encounters

Mgr. Bc. Magdaléna Rychetská (b. Masláková), M.A., Ph.D. (b. 1991) received her Ph.D. from the Department of Study of Religion (2020) at the Masaryk University. Furthermore, she graduated from the Department of Chinese Studies (2017) at the Masaryk University in Brno, and China Studies at Zhejiang University (2019). She is currently a staff member at the Department of Chinese studies at the Masaryk University. In her research, she is dedicated to the study of Christianity in the Chinese context.

“This book adopts the economic approach to religion to study the development of Christianity in China from the perspective of the relationship between Church and state. … This book is a catalyst for advancing the study of Christianity in China and will be much appreciated by both specialists and students of Chinese Christianity.” (Wei Xiong, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 49 (1), March, 2023)“Uneasy Encounters, the author’s first book, is a laudable effort at marshalling an extensive review of church publications and scholarly literature … . Rychetská is to be commended for bridging scholarly conversations that have not always been in dialogue with each other. In particular, Rychetská’s review ofpublished church documents and government policy documents relating to the church will interest scholars and teachers seeking to illustrate particular aspects of church-state relations in either context.” (Joshua Tan, Review of Religion and Chinese Society, February 20, 2023)

• Introduction.- Part 1: Presbyterian Church in Taiwan during the martial law.- Chapter 1. A Historical Overview of the Presbyterian Mission in Taiwan.- Chapter 2. The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan under the Nationalist Rule during the Martial Law.- Chapter 3. Re-sinicization and the Struggle for Localisation.- Chapter 4. Church’s struggle for Taiwanese National Identity.- Chapter 5. Church and the Human Rights.- Chapter 6. The Promotor of Democratisation.- Part 2: Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association in the People’s Republic of China.- Chapter 7. A Historical Overview of the Catholic Mission in China.- Chapter 8. Catholic Church under the Communist Rule.- Chapter 9. Sino-Vatican Relations.- Chapter 10. Catholic Church in the Light of Policy and Legislation Documents on Religion.- Chapter 11. Sinicizing Christianity in the Contemporary People’s Republic of China.- Chapter 12. Resistance or Cooperation? - Conclusion: Christian Churches in the Authoritarian Regimes.