%0 Book %E Yang, Fenggang %E Lang, Graeme %I Brill %D 2011 %C Leiden Boston %G English %B Religion in Chinese societies %@ 9789004182462 %T Social scientific studies of religion in China: methodology, theories, and findings %U http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alltitles/docDetail.action?docID=10470588 %U http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=717547 %U https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=717547 %X 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 re