Religion in China & its modern fate

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Religion in China & its modern fate

Statement of responsibility

Paul R. Katz

Creator

• Katz, Paul R., 1961-

Subject

• China -- Religion -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

Paul R. Katz has composed a fascinating account of the fate of Chinese religions during the modern era by assessing mutations of communal religious life, innovative forms of religious publishing, and the religious practices of modern Chinese elites traditionally considered models of secular modernity. The author offers a rare look at the monumental changes that have affected modern Chinese religions, from the first all-out assault on them during the 1898 reforms to the eve of the Communist takeover of the mainland. Tracing the ways in which the vast religious resources (texts, expertise, symbolic capital, material wealth, etc.) that circulated throughout Chinese society during the late imperial period were reconfigured during this later era, Katz sheds new light on modern Chinese religious life and the understudied nexus between religion and modern political culture.--

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• Menahem Stern Jerusalem lectures

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DLC

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

The Menahem Stern Jerusalem lectures