Miraculous Response - Doing Popular Religion in Contemporary China

Informationen zum Autor Adam Yuet Chau is Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Klappentext "This well-written and clearly organized study is a fascinating ethnography, a rare glimpse into the workings of a popular religious temple in contemporary China. Based on recent fieldwork in northwest China, it will appeal to readers with an interest in Chinese religion or local politics."--Robert P. Weller, Boston University "[Chau] shows in a pertinent manner that religious activities are narrowly interwoven with the social and political milieu, and from this fact acquire some legitimacy that otherwise would be denied. . . . The study is conducted with rigour and mastery"--Chinese Cross Currents Zusammenfassung Centered around an ethnographic case study of a dragon king temple! this book examines the social and political dynamics underlying the revival of popular religion in contemporary rural China.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Chau, Adam Yuet Chau
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2005
• EAN: 9780804751605
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5160-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Religion und Glaube