Religion in contemporary China : revitalization and innovation / edited by Adam Yuet Chau.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chau, Adam Yuet.

Series:

Routledge contemporary China series ; 59.

Routledge contemporary China series ; v. 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Religion--20th century.

China.

China--Religion--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Before the modernist transformations of the twentieth century, China had one of the richest and most diverse religious cultures in the world. The radical anti-traditionalist policies of both the Republican and Communist regimes as well as other socio-historical factors posed formidable challenges to China's religious traditions but, this book argues, these conditions also presented new opportunities for re-generation and innovation. It shows that economic reforms and the concurrent relaxation of religious policies have provided fertile ground for the revitalization of a wide a

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Revitalizing and innovating religious traditions in contemporary China; 2 Buddhism in the reform era: A secularized revival?; 3 Morality books and the regrowth of lay Buddhism in China; 4 From ritual skills to discursive knowledge: Changing styles of Daoist transmission in Shanghai; 5 Networks and the "cloudlike wandering" of Daoist monks in China today; 6 Temples as enterprises; 7 Revival in crisis: Amateur ritual associations in Hebei

8 Chinese religious innovation in the Qigong movement: The case of Zhonggong9 Global modernity, local community, and spiritual power in the Shanxi Catholic Church; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-89225-7

1-136-89226-5

1-283-04391-2

9786613043917

0-203-84053-4

9780203840535

OCLC:

705929878