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Chinese Religious Life.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (292 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199875665
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Chinese Religious LifeDDC classification:
  • 200.951
LOC classification:
  • BL1803 -- .C45 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I. Ways of Being Religious in the Chinese World -- 1. Spirituality in a Modern Chinese Metropolis -- 2. Communal Worship and Festivals in Chinese Villages -- 3. The Religious Life of Ethnic Minority Communities -- 4. Modalities of Doing Religion -- PART II. Religion, Culture, and Society -- 5. The Body: Health, Nation, and Transcendence -- 6. Gender and Sexuality -- 7. Chinese Cosmology and the Environment -- 8. Religious Philanthropy and Chinese Civil Society -- PART III. Religion, Politics, and the Economy -- 9. Religion in Chinese Social and Political History -- 10. The Social Organization of Religious Communities in the Twentieth Century -- 11. Contemporary Issues in State-Religion Relations -- 12. Market Economy and the Revival of Religions -- PART IV. Global Perspectives -- 13. The Globalization of Chinese Religions and Traditions -- Conclusion: The Future of Chinese Religious Life -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- Y -- Z -- Suggested Further Readings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: David A. Palmer, Glenn Shive, and Philip L. Wickeri offer an introduction to religion in contemporary China. The essays in this volume consider religion in urban, rural, and ethnic minority settings; the religious dimensions of body, gender, environment, and civil society; and the historical, sociological, economic, and political aspects of religion in contemporary Chinese society.
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Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I. Ways of Being Religious in the Chinese World -- 1. Spirituality in a Modern Chinese Metropolis -- 2. Communal Worship and Festivals in Chinese Villages -- 3. The Religious Life of Ethnic Minority Communities -- 4. Modalities of Doing Religion -- PART II. Religion, Culture, and Society -- 5. The Body: Health, Nation, and Transcendence -- 6. Gender and Sexuality -- 7. Chinese Cosmology and the Environment -- 8. Religious Philanthropy and Chinese Civil Society -- PART III. Religion, Politics, and the Economy -- 9. Religion in Chinese Social and Political History -- 10. The Social Organization of Religious Communities in the Twentieth Century -- 11. Contemporary Issues in State-Religion Relations -- 12. Market Economy and the Revival of Religions -- PART IV. Global Perspectives -- 13. The Globalization of Chinese Religions and Traditions -- Conclusion: The Future of Chinese Religious Life -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- Y -- Z -- Suggested Further Readings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

David A. Palmer, Glenn Shive, and Philip L. Wickeri offer an introduction to religion in contemporary China. The essays in this volume consider religion in urban, rural, and ethnic minority settings; the religious dimensions of body, gender, environment, and civil society; and the historical, sociological, economic, and political aspects of religion in contemporary Chinese society.

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