03147oam 2200625I 450 991045924250332120200520144314.01-136-89225-71-136-89226-51-283-04391-297866130439170-203-84053-410.4324/9780203840535 (CKB)2560000000061503(EBL)668211(OCoLC)705929878(SSID)ssj0000472673(PQKBManifestationID)12193033(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472673(PQKBWorkID)10434556(PQKB)10121950(MiAaPQ)EBC668211(Au-PeEL)EBL668211(CaPaEBR)ebr10452595(CaONFJC)MIL304391(EXLCZ)99256000000006150320180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligion in contemporary China revitalization and innovation /edited by Adam Yuet ChauAbingdon ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (263 p.)Routledge contemporary China series ;v. 59Description based upon print version of record.0-415-83810-X 0-415-45934-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Hebei8 Chinese religious innovation in the Qigong movement: The case of Zhonggong9 Global modernity, local community, and spiritual power in the Shanxi Catholic Church; IndexBefore 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-generation and innovation. It shows that economic reforms and the concurrent relaxation of religious policies have provided fertile ground for the revitalization of a wide aRoutledge contemporary China series ;59.ChinaReligion20th centuryChinaReligion21st centuryElectronic books.200.951/09045Chau Adam Yuet787900FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910459242503321Religion in contemporary China2290747UNINA