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UNINA9910459242503321 |
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Titolo |
Religion in contemporary China : revitalization and innovation / / edited by Adam Yuet Chau |
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Abingdon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-89225-7 |
1-136-89226-5 |
1-283-04391-2 |
9786613043917 |
0-203-84053-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge contemporary China series ; ; v. 59 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
China Religion 20th century |
China Religion 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Revitalizing and innovating religious traditions in contemporary China; 2 Buddhism in the reform era: A secularized revival?; 3 Morality books and the regrowth of lay Buddhism in China; 4 From ritual skills to discursive knowledge: Changing styles of Daoist transmission in Shanghai; 5 Networks and the "cloudlike wandering" of Daoist monks in China today; 6 Temples as enterprises; 7 Revival in crisis: Amateur ritual associations in Hebei |
8 Chinese religious innovation in the Qigong movement: The case of Zhonggong9 Global modernity, local community, and spiritual power in the Shanxi Catholic Church; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Before the modernist transformations of the twentieth century, China had one of the richest and most diverse religious cultures in the world. The radical anti-traditionalist policies of both the Republican and Communist regimes as well as other socio-historical factors posed formidable challenges to China's religious traditions but, this book argues, these conditions also presented new opportunities for re- |
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