Chinese Religions in Contemporary Societies - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1851096264 ISBN 13: 9781851096268

Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2006

Synopsis

A comprehensive introduction to the resurgence of religion in China and Taiwan since the end of the Cultural Revolution and a wide-ranging examination of the impact of religious traditions on Euro-Americans and Chinese immigrants in present-day North America.

· A collection of essays written by a diverse lineup of distinguished experts including James Miller, Tam Wai Lun, Ven. Jing Yin, Kim Sung-Hae, Alison Marshall, Tak-ling Terry Woo, David Palmer, Jonathan H. X. Lee, and Elijah Siegler

· Photographs illustrating important aspects of Chinese religious practices

· A bibliography for each chapter to facilitate further research

· An index for fast access to key events, individuals, organizations, deities, religious terms and practices, and time periods

About this title

Book Description:

Confucianism. Buddhism. Daoism. Fascinating religious traditions"—traditional, local, and even Western—have resurfaced in China and Taiwan since the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 70s—from practices such as spirit writing and self-mortification to martial arts and the mastery of inner cultivation to qigong and the emergence of sects. What are the social, cultural, and political forces shaping these practices? How have Americans, particularly Chinese Americans, adopted and interpreted Chinese religious traditions?

About the Author:

James Miller is assistant professor of religious studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

About this edition

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1851096264
• ISBN 13: 9781851096268
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Miller James