Relationship+between+Communists+&+the+Churches

Relationship between Communists & the Churches


 * 1.Important points regarding issue**


 * Christian churches were forced to close
 * Foreign priests expelled from China
 * Confucianism, Buddhism and Christianity were denounced as worthless
 * Buddhism and Confucianism were forbidden
 * Even ancestor worshiping was denounced as superstition
 * Attack against religion reinforced in Cultural Revolution


 * 2.How this affected Mao’s maintenance of power**


 * Mao was afraid that provinces would be encouraged by Religion to start independence movement
 * Sent troops in 1950 to Tibet and Xinjiang
 * Mao knew that some toleration needed to be shown and so “patriotic churches”, which were state-controlled, were founded
 * Generally, Mao wanted Maoism to spread