Buddhism, an Urban Village and Cultural Soft Power: An Ethnography of Buddhist Practitioners in Wutong

The article presents an ethnography of Buddhist practice groups in Wutong village, an urban village in the Shenzhen metropolis area, relating to the village's predicament through the 1990s and until 2019. It discusses the relationship between two intertwined forms of soft power employed by the...

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Main Author: Shmushko, Kai (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2022
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 1
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Wutong Shan / Village / Buddhism / Soft power / Political control
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
RA Practical theology
XA Law
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B Urbanization
B Religion
B religion and the state
B Chinese religion
B Culture
B Soft power
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