Chinese religions in contemporary societies
Title:
Chinese religions in contemporary societies
Author:
Miller, James.
ISBN:
9781851096268
9781851096312
9781280711145
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, c2006.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 317 p.) : ill., 1 map.
Contents:
Preliminaries; Contents; 1 THE HISTORICAL LEGACY OF CHINA'S 1 THE HISTORICAL LEGACY OF CHINA'S RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS; 2 THE OPIUM OF THE PEOPLE; 3 LOCAL RELIGION IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA; 4 BUDDHISM AND ECONOMIC REFORM IN MAINLAND CHINA; 5 DAOIST MONASTICISM IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA; 6 SHAMANISM IN CONTEMPORARY TAIWAN; 7 BODY CULTIVATION IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA; 8 PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA; 9 WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE RELIGIONS, ; 10 CONTEMPORARY CHINESE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS LIFE; 11 CHINESE TRADITIONS IN EURO-AMERICAN SOCIETY; 12 CONFUCIAN SPIRITUALITY IN AN ECOLOGICAL AGE; Index.
Abstract:
A comprehensive introduction to the resurgence of religion in China and Taiwan since the end of the Cultural Revolution and a wide-ranging examination of the impact of religious traditions on Euro-Americans and Chinese immigrants in present-day North America.
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