Maoism and grassroots religion: the Communist revolution and the reinvention of religious life in China
This book explores grassroots religious life under and after Mao in Rui'an County, Wenzhou, in southeastern China, a region widely known for its religious vitality. Drawing on hitherto unexplored local state archives, records of religious institutions, memoirs, and interviews, it tells the stor...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford scholarship online
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Wenzhou
/ Maoism
/ Religion
B China / Church life / Church growth / Religious policy / History 1949-2014 B China / Christian persecution / Socialism / History 1949-2014 |
| Further subjects: | B
China ; Religious life and customs ; History ; 20th century
B Communism ; China ; History ; 20th century |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780190069384 |
| Summary: | This book explores grassroots religious life under and after Mao in Rui'an County, Wenzhou, in southeastern China, a region widely known for its religious vitality. Drawing on hitherto unexplored local state archives, records of religious institutions, memoirs, and interviews, it tells the story of local communities' encounters with the Communist revolution, and their consequences, especially the competitions and struggles for religious property and ritual space. It demonstrates that, rather than being totally disrupted, religious life under Mao was characterized by remarkable variance and unevenness and was contingent on the interactions of local dynamics with Maoist campaigns-including the land reform, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 31, 2020) |
| ISBN: | 0190069414 |