标题: Adam Yuet Chau ： Religion in China [打印本页] 作者: 南池子 时间: 2019-1-1 14:20 标题: Adam Yuet Chau ： Religion in China
作者: Adam Yuet Chau
出版社: Polity
副标题: Ties That Bind
出版年: 2019-3
页数: 200
装帧: Paperback
ISBN: 9780745679167
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内容简介 · · · · · ·
In recent years, there has been an astonishing revival of religious practices in China. Looking beyond numerical counts of religious practitioners, temples and churches, anthropologist Adam Yuet Chau's vivid study explores how religion is embedded in contemporary Chinese lives and society, from personal devotion to community-wide festivals.
Covering Buddhism, Daoism and folk religion, as well as Christianity and Islam, this ethnographically rich book provides insights into the contemporary relevance of religious traditions in Chinese societies. By considering the ways in which Chinese people ‘do’ religion, Chau reveals how religious practice plays a critical role in establishing and maintaining a wide range of relationships: between people, spirits, and places; ritual service providers and their customers; the state and religious groups. He argues that relationality is the key anchor of religious lifeworlds, and this insight demands an entirely new way of approaching religion everywhere.
This lively account will appeal to those studying or curious about Chinese or East Asian religions, and serve as a perfect gateway to understanding religious practices in China today.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Adam Yuet Chau is University Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology of Modern China at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow at St John’s College.
目录 · · · · · ·
Map
Chronology
Acknowledgements
Notes on Orthography and Pronunciation
Introduction: Relationality at the Heart of Religion in China
1. Understanding Religious Diversity: Five Modalities of Doing Religion
2. Interacting with Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors
3. Festivals and Pilgrimages
4. Ritual Service Providers and Their Clients
5. Communities and Networks
6. State–Religion Relations
Conclusions
Notes
Suggested Further Readings
References
Index
