When Religious Folk Practice Meet Karl Marx: Courts’ Response to Ghost Marriage in Modern China

As religious folk practice is regarded as a radical departure from Marxist atheism, the abnormal existence of ghost marriages under the Chinese socialist regime has attracted wide scholarly attention in anthropology and sociology. However, few scholars have focused on how Chinese courts treat religi...

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VerfasserInnen: Zhou, Wenzhang (VerfasserIn) ; Feng, Yang (VerfasserIn)
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Veröffentlicht: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Jahr: 2023, Band: 14, Heft: 6
weitere Schlagwörter:B ghost marriage
B Marxist atheism
B socialist ideology
B Chinese court
B guerrilla style
B religious folk practice
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