| Title | : | Religion in China Today (The China Quarterly Special Issues, Series Number 3) |
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| ISBN | : | 0521538238 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780521538237 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 |
| Publication | : | First published July 17, 2003 |
This volume looks at Religions in China Today. Articles Belief in 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 Accommodation or Separatism?, Catholic Revival during the Reform Era, Chinese Protestant Christianity Today, Healing Sects and Anti-Cult Campaigns.
Religion in China Today (The China Quarterly Special Issues, Series Number 3) Reviews
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It's a small book, with twelve helpful articles. Some of the writing reads more like an inventory of sects than an interpretation of developments. But most of it is solid, interesting research and insight. The book covers the waterfront, with articles on each of the five officially recognized religions (Organized Daoism, Buddhism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism), plus around half the book looks at less recognized "popular" religious cults. There are excellent surveys of evolving sects in Fujian, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. And Nancy Chen's article on healing sects sheds a lot of light on the whole tension over "legitimate" and "illegitimate" religion in recent years.
