The Sinicization of Chinese Religions: From Above and Below

Since its announcement by Xi Jinping in 2015, "Sinicization" has become the slogan that guides Chinese official policy towards religion. What does it mean? What effects is it having on Chinese religions? Where will it lead? This book, with contributions from experts in the major religious...

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Contributors: Madsen, Richard (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston BRILL 2021
In:Year: 2021
Series/Journal:Religion in Chinese Societies 18
Further subjects:B Religion and state (China) History 21st century
B Religion and sociology (China) History 21st century
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: The Sinicization of Chinese Religions: From Above and Below. - Leiden : BRILL, 2021. - 9789004465176

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505 8 0 |t Acknowledgements  |r Editor: Richard Madsen 
505 8 0 |t Notes on Contributors  |r Editor: Richard Madsen 
505 8 0 |t Introduction  |r Author: Richard Madsen 
505 8 0 |t Chapter 1 Sinicization or Chinafication?  |r Author: Fenggang Yang 
505 8 0 |t Chapter 2 "Official Confucianism" as Newly Sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party  |r Author: Yong Chen 
505 8 0 |t Chapter 3 The Sinicization of Buddhism and Its Competing Reinventions of Tradition  |r Author: Weishan Huang 
505 8 0 |t Chapter 4 Already Post-Modern  |r Author: Dong Wang 
505 8 0 |t Chapter 5 Faith in the Future/Practices of the Past  |r Author: Alexander Stewart 
505 8 0 |t Chapter 6 Xiejiao, Cults, and New Religions  |r Author: J. Gordon Melton 
505 8 0 |t Index  |r Editor: Richard Madsen. 
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