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Religion in contemporary China [electronic resource] : revitalization and innovation / edited by Adam Yuet Chau.

Contributor(s): Chau, Adam Yuet.
Series: Routledge contemporary China series: v. 59.Publisher: Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 244 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780203840535 (ebk : PDF).Subject(s): China -- Religion -- 20th century | China -- Religion -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification: 200.95109045 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Introduction: Revitalizing and innovating religious traditions in contemporary China / Adam Yuet Chau -- 2. Buddhism in the reform era : a secularized revival? / Ji Zhe -- 3. Morality books and the regrowth of lay Buddhism in China / Gareth Fisher -- 4. From ritual skills to discursive knowledge : changing styles of Daoist transmission in Shanghai / Yang Der-Ruey -- 5. Networks and the "cloudlike wandering" of Daoist monks in China today / Adeline Herrou -- 6. Temples as enterprises / Selina Ching Chan and Graeme Lang -- 7. Revival in crisis : amateur ritual associations in Hebei / Stephen Jones -- 8. Chinese religious innovation in the Qigong movement : the case of Zhonggong / David A. Palmer.
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200.95109045 (Browse shelf) 1 e-book SLASx,05000,03,CL,PPT

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Revitalizing and innovating religious traditions in contemporary China / Adam Yuet Chau -- 2. Buddhism in the reform era : a secularized revival? / Ji Zhe -- 3. Morality books and the regrowth of lay Buddhism in China / Gareth Fisher -- 4. From ritual skills to discursive knowledge : changing styles of Daoist transmission in Shanghai / Yang Der-Ruey -- 5. Networks and the "cloudlike wandering" of Daoist monks in China today / Adeline Herrou -- 6. Temples as enterprises / Selina Ching Chan and Graeme Lang -- 7. Revival in crisis : amateur ritual associations in Hebei / Stephen Jones -- 8. Chinese religious innovation in the Qigong movement : the case of Zhonggong / David A. Palmer.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.