Religion In China Today
Download Religion In China Today full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Religion In China Today ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Religion in China Today
Author | : Daniel L. Overmyer |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2003-07-17 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0521538238 |
Download Religion in China Today Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Table of contents
Religion in China Today
Author | : Donald E. MacInnis |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : UOM:39015016960661 |
Download Religion in China Today Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Atlas of Religion in China Social and Geographical Contexts
Author | : Fenggang Yang |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2018-09-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789004369900 |
Download Atlas of Religion in China Social and Geographical Contexts Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The speed and the scale with which traditional religions in China have been revived and new spiritual movements have emerged in recent decades make it difficult for scholars to stay up-to-date on the religious transformations within Chinese society. This unique atlas presents a bird’s-eye view of the religious landscape in China today. In more than 150 full-color maps and six different case studies, it maps the officially registered venues of China’s major religions - Buddhism, Christianity (Protestant and Catholic), Daoism, and Islam - at the national, provincial, and county levels. The atlas also outlines the contours of Confucianism, folk religion, and the Mao cult. Further, it describes the main organizations, beliefs, and rituals of China’s main religions, as well as the social and demographic characteristics of their respective believers. Putting multiple religions side by side in their contexts, this atlas deploys the latest qualitative, quantitative and spatial data acquired from censuses, surveys, and fieldwork to offer a definitive overview of religion in contemporary China. An essential resource for all scholars and students of religion and society in China.
Freedom of Religion in China
Author | : Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) |
Publsiher | : Human Rights Watch |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1564320502 |
Download Freedom of Religion in China Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
V. Arrests and Trials
Religions of China in Practice
Author | : Donald S. Lopez, Jr. |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 515 |
Release | : 2021-08-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780691234601 |
Download Religions of China in Practice Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This third volume of Princeton Readings in Religions demonstrates that the "three religions" of China--Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism (with a fourth, folk religion, sometimes added)--are not mutually exclusive: they overlap and interact with each other in a rich variety of ways. The volume also illustrates some of the many interactions between Han culture and the cultures designated by the current government as "minorities." Selections from minority cultures here, for instance, are the folktale of Ny Dan the Manchu Shamaness and a funeral chant of the Yi nationality collected by local researchers in the early 1980s. Each of the forty unusual selections, from ancient oracle bones to stirring accounts of mystic visions, is preceded by a substantial introduction. As with the other volumes, most of the selections here have never been translated before. Stephen Teiser provides a general introduction in which the major themes and categories of the religions of China are analyzed. The book represents an attempt to move from one conception of the "Chinese spirit" to a picture of many spirits, including a Laozi who acquires magical powers and eventually ascends to heaven in broad daylight; the white-robed Guanyin, one of the most beloved Buddhist deities in China; and the burning-mouth hungry ghost. The book concludes with a section on "earthly conduct."
The Souls of China
Author | : Ian Johnson |
Publsiher | : Pantheon |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781101870051 |
Download The Souls of China Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
From the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist: a revelatory portrait of religion in China today, its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China's future. Following a century of violent antireligious campaigns, China is now awash with new temples, churches, and mosques as well as cults, sects, and politicians trying to harness religion for their own ends. Driving this explosion of faith is uncertainty over what it means to be Chinese, and how to live an ethical life in a country that discarded traditional morality a century ago and is still searching for new guideposts. Ian Johnson lived for extended periods with underground church members, rural Daoists, and Buddhist pilgrims. He has distilled these experiences into a cycle of festivals, births, deaths, detentions, and struggle a great awakening of faith that is shaping the soul of the world s newest superpower. (With black-and-white illustrations throughout).
Religion in China
Author | : Fenggang Yang |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2011-10-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780199911042 |
Download Religion in China Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Religion in China survived the most radical suppression in human history--a total ban of any religion during and after the Cultural Revolution. All churches, temples, and mosques were closed down, converted for secular uses, or turned to museums for the purpose of atheist education. Over the last three decades, however, religion has survived and thrived even as China remains under Communist rule. Christianity ranks among the fastest-growing religions in the country, and many Buddhist and Daoist temples have been restored. The state even sponsors large Buddhist gatherings and ceremonies to venerate Confucius and the legendary ancestors of the Chinese people. On the other hand, quasi-religious qigong practices, once ubiquitous, are now rare. All the while, authorities have carried out waves of atheist propaganda, anti-superstition campaigns, severe crackdowns on the underground Christian churches and various ''evil cults.'' How do we explain religion in China today? How did religion survive the eradication measures in the 1960s and 1970s? How do various religious groups manage to revive despite strict regulations? Why have some religions grown fast in the reform era? Why have some forms of spirituality gone through dramatic turns? In Religion in China, Fenggang Yang provides a comprehensive overview of the religious change in China under Communism.
The Turning of the Tide
Author | : Julian F. Pas |
Publsiher | : Hong Kong ; New York : Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105034239819 |
Download The Turning of the Tide Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Undoubtedly, the greatest problem facing religion in China today is the fundamentally irreconcilable contradiction between Marxism and religious world views. These essays, published by the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in association with Oxford University Press, and written by an international group of scholars, critically examine different aspects of the present religious state in China.