Religion in contemporary China : revitalization and innovation / / edited by Adam Yuet Chau

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.951/09045
• Soggetto geografico: China Religion 20th century; China Religion 21st century
• Altri autori: ChauAdam Yuet
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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-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 a
• Titolo autorizzato: Religion in contemporary China
• ISBN: 1-136-89225-7; 1-136-89226-5; 1-283-04391-2; 9786613043917; 0-203-84053-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827901503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge contemporary China series ; ; 59.