Religion in China - Survival and Revival Under Communist Rule

Zusatztext Yang presents several creative ideas, for which he deserves praise. That, combined with his useful information about China's shifting systems of religious regulation, his willingness to revise the market approach to religions, and a clear writing style, make this book a good read. Informationen zum Autor Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Center on Religion and Chinese Society, Purdue University Klappentext In Religion in China, Fenggang Yang provides a comprehensive overview of the religious change in China under Communism, drawing on his ''political economy'' approach to the sociology of religion. Zusammenfassung In Religion in China, Fenggang Yang provides a comprehensive overview of the religious change in China under Communism, drawing on his ''political economy'' approach to the sociology of religion.

Product details

• Authors: Fenggang Yang, Yang Fenggang
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2011
• EAN: 9780199735655
• ISBN: 978-0-19-973565-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; China, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, History of Religion, Religion & politics, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Religion and Politics, Marxism & Communism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State