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By focusing on the Chinese state's shifting policies toward Islam and its Muslim minorities, this article considers the possibilities of implementing covenantal pluralism in contemporary China. While the current socio-political conditions in China hold little promise for the realization of covenantal pluralism, there are important social and cultural sources that may be leveraged to reorient the state policy toward a more pluralistic future. This article suggests that to put down roots in China and elsewhere, covenantal pluralism must acknowledge and address the political and economic hierarchy in the world system, which are unlikely to relinquish in the foreseeable future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the role of religious freedom and diversity on China's sustainable economic growth. It mentions that the religions of Chinese are responsible for the creation of a workforce ready for success. It notes the role of the country's movement to religious diversity as a source of innovation for growth in the economy. It also emphasizes the mechanisms by which religious freedom can contribute to the growth of the economy as suggested by the religious economies theory.