Making saints in modern China

Each chapter of this work offers a biography of a religious leader and a detailed discussion of his or her rise to sainthood over the course of China's twentieth century. Throughout, emphasis is on the creative and largely successful strategies deployed in the face of state indifference or host...

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Contributors: Ownby, David (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Buddhismus / Heiliger / Biografie
RelBib Classification:BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
KCD Hagiography; saints
Further subjects:B Buddhist saints Biography
B Buddhism China History, 20th century
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Summary:Each chapter of this work offers a biography of a religious leader and a detailed discussion of his or her rise to sainthood over the course of China's twentieth century. Throughout, emphasis is on the creative and largely successful strategies deployed in the face of state indifference or hostility.
ISBN:0190494581
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190494568.001.0001