Social scientific studies of religion in China: methodology, theories, and findings
Preliminary Material /F. Yang and G. Lang -- Introduction. The Rising Social Scientific Study Of Religion In China /Graeme Lang and Fenggang Yang -- Chapter One. Thirty Years Of Religious Studies In China /He Guanghu -- Chapter Two. History As A Factor In The Social Scientific Study Of Chinese Relig...
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2011
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| Summary: | Preliminary Material /F. Yang and G. Lang -- Introduction. The Rising Social Scientific Study Of Religion In China /Graeme Lang and Fenggang Yang -- Chapter One. Thirty Years Of Religious Studies In China /He Guanghu -- Chapter Two. History As A Factor In The Social Scientific Study Of Chinese Religion /J. Gordon Melton -- Chapter Three. Explanations Of International Differences In Religion That May Apply To China /Daniel V.A. Olson -- Chapter Four. The Dilemma Of Pursuing Chinese Religious Studies Within The Framework Of Western Religious Theories /Fan Lizhu -- Chapter Five. Religion In China: Some Introductory Notes For The Intrepid Western Scholar /Eileen Barker -- Chapter Six. Local Ritual Traditions Of Southeast China: A Challenge To Definitions Of Religion And Theories Of Ritual /Kenneth Dean -- Chapter Seven. Contemporary Chinese Beliefs And Spiritual Pursuits /Victor Yuan -- Chapter Eight. Exploring The Relationship Between Religion And Ethnicity In China /He Qimin -- Chapter Nine. From Grassroots Association To Civil Society Organization: A Case Study Of The Hebei Province Dragon Tablet Fair /Gao Bingzhong and Ma Qiang -- Chapter Ten. On The Problem Of Developing A Mechanism For The Participation Of Religion In The Social Services Sector /Liu Peng -- Chapter Eleven. Religion And Environmentalism In Chinese Societies /Graeme Lang and Lu Yunfeng -- Chapter Twelve. Secular State And Religious Society In Mainland China And Taiwan /Richard Madsen -- Afterword /Yoshiko Ashiwa and David L. Wank -- Index /F. Yang and G. Lang. The revival of religious belief and practice in China over the past thirty years, after decades of severe repression, has attracted much attention by scholars. Social scientific studies of religion by mainland Chinese scholars has also increased in recent years, using theories and methods developed mainly outside China. Increasingly, mainland scholars are also debating whether theories and concepts developed in western societies are fully appropriate for the study of religion in Chinese societies. This volume presents a selection of papers by sociologists, anthropologists, and historians of religion on these themes. The chapters include rich field studies of particular religions and religious activities, along with theoretical and historical reflections by scholars inside and outside China on problems and opportunities in the revival of the social scientific study of religion in Chinese societies |
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| Item Description: | Rev. papers originally presented at the Beijing Summit on Chinese Spirituality and Society, Peking University, Oct. 8-10, 2008. Cf. acknowledgements Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004214798 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004182462.i-312 |