Secular Belief, Religious Belonging in China

A recent Gallup poll found that almost half of China’s people are atheists. However, surveys conducted by Fenggang Yang and others show that as much as 85 percent of the population periodically engages in religious practices. How can we reconcile reports of widespread atheism with those of widesprea...

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1. VerfasserIn: Madsen, Richard 1941- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2014
In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Jahr: 2014, Band: 1, Heft: 1, Seiten: 13-28
weitere Schlagwörter:B Atheism
B Belonging
B Religious Belief
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Zusammenfassung:A recent Gallup poll found that almost half of China’s people are atheists. However, surveys conducted by Fenggang Yang and others show that as much as 85 percent of the population periodically engages in religious practices. How can we reconcile reports of widespread atheism with those of widespread religious practice?
ISSN:2214-3955
Enthält:In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22143955-04102003