Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Tiananmen square -- 2 The church during the cultural revolution: new life emerges -- 3 The resurrection of the CCP's religious control structures -- 4 "Document 19": the CCP's definitive religious policy -- 5 The church at the local level: the structures of control -- 6 Tried by fire: the church under pressure -- 7. The crisis of faith -- 8 the life of the Chinese church -- 9 "Christianity fever": the growth of the church -- 10. Revival: the Chinese church on fire -- 11. Roman Catholics in China -- 12 The cry for reform -- 13 The church after the Beijing massacre -- 14 The church in the twilight years of Deng: developments from 1992 to 1994