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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Collaborateurs: Ownby, David (Éditeur intellectuel)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
Dans:Année: 2016
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B China / Buddhisme / Saint / Biographie
RelBib Classification:BL Bouddhisme
KBM Asie
KCD Hagiographie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Buddhist saints Biography
B Buddhism China History, 20th century
Accès en ligne: Table des matières
Quatrième de couverture
Volltext (Verlag)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé: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