Articles by John A. Lindblom

John A. Lindblom is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in World Religions and World Church at the University of Notre Dame. He holds an MA in China Studies from the UW Jackson School of International Studies and has spent several years working in mainland China where he was also involved with the local Catholic church and serving Catholic charities.

Book Reviews

Church Militant: Bishop Kung and Catholic Resistance in Communist Shanghai

A Book Review

Paul Mariani makes an essential contribution to the history of the Catholic Church in China during the twentieth-century when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) targeted religious organizations. Through research which includes previously unreleased classified documents and his multifaceted treatment of this turbulent period, he provides a gripping narrative of the gradual, but increasingly tension-filled, showdown between the CCP and the Catholic Church in Shanghai.