Restoring religion through collective memory: How Chinese Pentecostals engage in mnemonic practices after the Cultural Revolution
China has experienced remarkable religious revivals since the Cultural Revolution. I argue that the revivals rely on religious elites summoning collective memory to restore religion, among other factors. In addition, a micro-level perspective is taken, to see how collective memory, more than a group...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sage
[2018]
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Social compass
Jahr: 2018, Band: 65, Heft: 1, Seiten: 79-96 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
China
/ Pfingstbewegung
/ Kollektives Gedächtnis
/ Religion
/ Revival
B True Jesus Church |
| RelBib Classification: | CG Christentum und Politik KBM Asien KDG Freikirche |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Pentecostalism
B pratiques mnémoniques B mnemonic practices B Christianity in China B True Jesus Churchchristianisme chinois B mémoire collective B Pentecôtisme B Véritable Jésus Église B Collective Memory |
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| Zusammenfassung: | China has experienced remarkable religious revivals since the Cultural Revolution. I argue that the revivals rely on religious elites summoning collective memory to restore religion, among other factors. In addition, a micro-level perspective is taken, to see how collective memory, more than a group's collective representation, is the product and resources of religious elites in pursuit of their own interest; the remembrance of the sacred past is a contested, unfolding process of key actors engaging in varied mnemonic practices. Through data collected from long-term fieldwork, I demonstrate how Chinese Pentecostals, after lengthy political suppression, use religious collective memory to rebuild the national community, strengthen the leadership by proving their orthodox character, and fight against mystical separatists. In conclusion, I explain why religious collective memory matters in the case of China in particular, where the state tends to repress religious institutionalization, and Chinese people emphasize the importance of orthodoxy lineage. |
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| ISSN: | 1461-7404 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Social compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0037768617747506 |