Declining of Chinese popular religion in the totalitarian era: the case of nuo

In the early reform era, various forms of popular religion regained their role in maintaining moral order and low-level social control in rural communities. It was one of the main reasons that the Chinese Communist Party, a political party espousing state atheism, allowed and even endorsed the reviv...

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Main Author: Li, Lan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor and Francis Group 2021
In: Culture and religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 299-323
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China (Südwest) / Nuo / Ritual / Social norm / Rural community / Zhong guo gong chan dang / Social control / History 2012-2016
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BB Indigenous religions
KBM Asia
NCB Personal ethics
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B rural socio-political control
B Chinese popular religion
B grassroots autonomous organisations
B sanctioning power of nuo
B totalitarian party-state
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