Religion in China Today

Klappentext This book provides a comprehensive introduction to religion in contemporary China. Zusammenfassung This book provides a comprehensive introduction to religion in contemporary China. Articles cover local community traditions! Daoism! Buddhism! Islam! gigong movements and protestant and Catholic Christianity as well as state policies toward religion. The authors are among the top scholars in the world on their topics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on contributors; 1. Religion in China today: introduction Daniel L. Overmyer; 2. Belief in control: regulation of religion in China Pitman B. Potter; 3. Local communal religion in contemporary south-east China Kenneth Dean; 4. The cult of the silkworm mother as a core of local community religion in a north China village: field study in Zhiwuying, Baoding, Hebei Fan Lizhu; 5. A nameless but active religion: an anthropologist's view of local religion in Hong Kong and Macau Tik-Sang Liu; 6. Religion and the state in post-war Taiwan Paul R. Katz; 7. Daoism in China today, 1980¿2002 Lai Chi-Tim; 8. Buddhist China at the century's turn Raoul Birnbaum; 9. Islam in China: accommodation or separatism? Dru C. Gladney; 10. Catholic revival during the reform era Richard Madsen; 11. Chinese Protestant Christianity today Daniel H. Bays; 12. Healing sects and anti-cult campaigns Nancy N. Chen; Glossary of Chinese terms; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Overmyer, Daniel L. Overmyer, Daniel L. (University of British Columbi Overmyer
• Assisted by: Richard Edmonds (Editor), Daniel Overmyer (Editor), Daniel L. Overmyer (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.2003
• EAN: 9780521538237
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53823-7
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: China Quarterly Special Issues; China Quarterly Special Issue; The China Quarterly Special Issues
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science