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Jesus comes to Beijing -- Pathfinders -- Patriarchs -- Uncles -- Aunts, nephews, and nieces -- Seminaries: training a new generation -- Early years of the "state church" -- After the cultural revolution -- China's "Jerusalem" -- Back to Jerusalem -- Catholics -- Persecution -- Artists, writers, and academics -- Foreigners -- China's Christian future? -- Developments since 2003

A review essay on a book by Gabriel A. Almond, R. Scott Appleby, & Emmanuel Sivan, Strong Religion: The Rise of Fundamentalisms around the World (Chicago & London: U Chicago Press, 2003). The work tries to find similarities in religious 'fundmentalists' groups across the world. But the book's real lesson is that profound religious belief is here to stay.

Explores the agenda of the Religious Right, particularly the Christian Coalition, in actively campaigning to elect Republicans to their majority position in Congress, and in securing the Coalition's influence in political and cultural decision-making; US.