Constructing China''s Jerusalem - Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou

Zusatztext "Cao gives us the best picture I have seen of the complex pattern of relationships among the different components of contemporary urban Christianity in China today. There is nothing to compare with this stimulating read." Informationen zum Autor Nanlai Cao is a research assistant professor at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong. Klappentext This book depicts the revival of Protestant Christianity among diverse groups of people in the commercially prosperous coastal city of Wenzhou, and shows how resurgent and innovated Christian beliefs and practices in the reform era reveal emerging patterns of power formation, place making and morality building in the context of a market-oriented, modernizing China.. Zusammenfassung This book depicts the revival of Protestant Christianity among diverse groups of people in the commercially prosperous coastal city of Wenzhou, and shows how resurgent and innovated Christian beliefs and practices in the reform era reveal emerging patterns of power formation, place making and morality building in the context of a market-oriented, modernizing China..

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cao, Nanlai Cao
• Editore: Stanford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.11.2010
• EAN: 9780804770804
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-7080-4
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific; Contemporary Issues in Asia an; Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific; Contemporary Issues in Asia an
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo