Yu, Zhejun2019-09-252019-09-252017-10-192013http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/166719The privatization thesis of secularization theory has been challenged since last decades. Religion in public sphere is becoming contentious all over the world‘ Through the theoretical perspective of Max Weber‘ s “struggle of gods" , this paper tries to analyze four controversial cases in the past three years, which include disputes among cultural traditionalists, Buddhists, Christian and non — believers, to reveal the of faith in contemporary China, On that basis, its cultural background, mechanism, pattern and social consequences will be discussed.chiWith permission of the license/copyright holderstruggle of godsof faithreligion in public spheresecularizationmulticulturalismIntercultural and contextual theologiesAsian theologiesArticle