The Politics of Inclusive Pluralism: A Proposed Foundation for Religious Freedom in a Post-Communist Democratic China

Long live the red terror! This and other political slogans were used by Chinas communist rulers as leverage for conflict and conflict management during 1949. Chinas Cultural Revolution movement understandably fueled anger fear and terror among Chinese citizens. Currently contrary to the positive facade that China under the control of the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) tries to project regarding human rights a dark reality reveals a brutal authoritarian state with no concern for religious freedom. What guiding philosophy could best help procure provide and protect religious freedom for all in a post-communist Christianized democratic China? Bob Fu argues that while various Christianity-oriented theories may appear promising they fail to provide an adequate pluralistic foundation for protecting the religious freedoms of people of all faiths and none. The predominant theory of political liberalism in the West likewise fails to prove sufficiently inclusive for all faiths and worldviews. As an alternative the author defends Baorong Duoyuan (inclusive pluralism) his own contextualized theory modeled after principled pluralism. This model he believes has the potential to help ensure that religious freedom for all becomes a reality.