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Religion in China Today

Daniel L Overmyer editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:17th Jul '03

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to religion in contemporary China.

A variety of religious traditions has revived in China in the last fifteen to twenty years, with important implications for society and politics. This volume is an introduction to their activities in their cultural and political contexts, intended for non-specialist readers. Articles include: Belief in Control: Regulation of Religion in China, Local Communal Religion in Contemporary Southeast China, The Cult of the Silkworm Mother as a Core of Local Community Religion in a North China Village, Local Religion in Hong Kong and Macau, Religion and the State in Post-war Taiwan, Daoism in China Today, 1980–2002, Buddhist China at the Century's Turn, Islam in China: Accommodation or Separatism?, Catholic Revival during the Reform Era, Chinese Protestant Christianity Today, Healing Sects and Anti-Cult Campaigns.

'For those coming to Chinese religion for the first time, it offers a magnificent overview of the place of religion in a complex totalitarian society.' Frontier

ISBN: 9780521538237

Dimensions: 240mm x 156mm x 19mm

Weight: 400g

244 pages