God Is Red

“A journalistic chronicle of how Christians survived the repressive Mao era as well as a glimpse into why their numbers are rising.” — The Christian Science Monitor A Books & Culture Best Book of the Year When journalist Liao Yiwu first stumbled upon a vibrant Christian community in officially atheistic China, he knew little about Christianity. In fact, he’d been taught that religion was evil, and that those who believed in it were deluded, cultists, or imperialist spies. But as a writer who