Author

Publication

2015 - Taylor & Francis Group

Language

English

Word Count

77,000 words, Guess

Page Count

308 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • OCLC Control Number895500531
  • Better World Books9781409436782

Classifications

  • LCCBL1803
  • LCCBL1812.N86 L5 2015
  • LCCBL1812.N86 L5 2016

Description

Since the early 1980s, China's rapid economic growth and social transformation have greatly altered the role of popular religion in the country. This book makes a new contribution to the research on the phenomenon by examining the role which popular religion has played in modern Chinese politics. Popular Religion in Modern China uses Nuo as an example of how a popular religion has been directly incorporated into the Chinese Community Party's (CCP) policies and how the religion functions as a tool to maintain socio-political stability, safeguard national unification and raise the country's cultural 'soft power' in the eyes of the world. It provides rich new material on the interplay between contemporary Chinese politics, popular religion and economic development in a rapidly changing society.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Popular Religion in Modern China: The New Role of NuoTaylor & Francis Group2015-01-01

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