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Making saints in modern China / edited by David Ownby, Vincent Goossaert, Ji Zhe.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhist saints--Biography.
- Buddhist saints.
- Buddhism--China--History--20th century.
- Buddhism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Each chapter of this work offers a biography of a religious leader and a detailed discussion of his or her rise to sainthood over the course of China's twentieth century. Throughout, emphasis is on the creative and largely successful strategies deployed in the face of state indifference or hostility.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-062090-0
- 0-19-049458-1
- 0-19-049457-3
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