Abstract

This study is composed of three sections and 11 chapters.

The first section is entitled Theory and Policy of Religious Security, which includes 3 chapters dealing with the various theoretical aspects of the study on religion and international/ national security, especially on how national security considerations influence China’s religious policy.

The second section is entitled Contemporary Development of Religious Security, which includes 5 chapters examining respectively the on-line religious communication, religious terrorism, international religious non-government organizations, Christian missionary movements, and the Cross-Strait religious relations from the perspective of China’s national security.

The third section is entitled Religion and China’s External Strategy, which includes 3 chapters exploring the positive effects of China’s religious and religious group on the country’s geo-religious surroundings, external relations, public diplomacy and go-global strategy.