Religion in China
Survival and Revival under Communist Rule
Religion in China survived the most radical suppression in human history--a total ban of any religion during and after the Cultural Revolution. All churches, temples, and mosques were closed down, converted for secular uses, or turned to museums for the purpose of atheist education. Over the last three decades, however, religion has survived and thrived even as China remains under Communist rule. Christianity ranks among the fastest-growing religions in the country, and many Buddhist and Daoist temples have been restored. The state even sponsors large Buddhist gatherings and ceremonies to venerate Confucius and the legendary ancestors of the…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-987607-5
- EAN: 9780199876075
- Produktnummer: 17504381
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'445 KB
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Fenggang Yang is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University.
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