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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828792203321

Autore

Yang Fenggang

Titolo

Religion in China [[electronic resource] ] : survival and revival under communist rule / / Fenggang Yang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-987607-X

9786613303233

0-19-973564-6

1-283-30323-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 245 p.)

Disciplina

200.951/09045

Soggetti

Communism and religion - China - History - 20th century

Communism and religion - China - History - 21st century

China Religion 20th century

China Religion 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Explaining religious vitality -- A definition of religion for the social scientific study of religion -- Chinese Marxist atheism and its policy implications -- Regulating religion under communism -- The red, black, and gray markets of religion -- The shortage economy of religion under communism -- Oligopoly dynamics: China and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

In 'Religion in China', Fenggang Yang provides a comprehensive overview of the religious change in China under Communism drawing on his 'political economy' approach to the sociology of religion.