Religious Experience in Contemporary China (University of Wales - Religion, Education, and Culture)

by Xinzhong Yao (Editor), Paul Badham (Editor)

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This fascinating and timely volume analyzes data from a four-year study of the religious experience in contemporary China—the results of which will radically transform the understanding of the role religion plays in twenty-first-century Chinese culture.

Focused on the Han Chinese, who make up more than ninety percent of mainland China’s population, Religious Experience in Contemporary China considers that groundbreaking research in an almost wholly new context: though the suppression of religion by communist authorities in the latter part of the twentieth century is well documented, much less is known about the underlying resurgence of religious life within the world’s most populous nation. Until recently, such research would not have been permitted, and the fascinating results presented here make Religious Experience in Contemporary China an essential addition to the increasing amounts of publications on China in the new age.

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About the Author

Xinzhong Yao is professor of Chinese religions at the University of Wales, Lampeter and senior research fellow at the University of Oxford. Paul Badham is professor of theology and religious studies and the University of Wales, Lampeter and senior research fellow at the University of Oxford.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Wales Press (April 30, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 275 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 070832035X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0708320358
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.5 inches

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