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Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule

ISBN: 9780199876075 ;ISBN: 019987607X ;ISBN: 9780199735655 ;ISBN: 0199735654 ;ISBN: 9780199735648 ;ISBN: 0199735646 ;EISBN: 0199918597 ;EISBN: 9780199918591 ;EISBN: 9780199876075 ;EISBN: 019987607X ;DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199735655.001.0001 ;OCLC: 922970379

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  • Title:
    Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule
  • Author: Yang, Fenggang
  • Subjects: 20th century ; 21st century ; China ; Chinese History ; Communism and religion ; East Asian Religions ; History ; Religion ; Religion and Politics ; Religion and state ; Sociology and Anthropology of Religion
  • Description: What has happened to religion in China since the Communist revolution? Against all the odds of eradication measures dictated by the atheist ideology and secularization effects of modernization, religion has survived and has been reviving and thriving despite Communist rule. This book presents a comprehensive overview of Chinese versions of Marxist atheism, evolving religious policies, and the religious change in China under Communism. It presents a fresh definition of religion for the social scientific study that classifies the religious and religion-like phenomena into a clear order. Working within the new paradigm in the sociology of religion that explains religious vitality instead of secularization, the book adopts a political economic approach. It contends that the dominant “supply-side explanations” in the new paradigm is not suitable to explain the religious change in China. The author articulates the triple religious market model in a shortage economy of religion under heavy regulation, which is very much a demand-driven economy of religion. Moreover, China is only one case of religious oligopoly, where a selected few religions are sanctioned by the state. Oligopoly is the most common type of religion-state relations in the world today. What has happened to religion in China may be indicative of religious dynamics in other oligopoly societies under heavy regulation.
  • Publisher: United Kingdom: Oxford University Press
  • Creation Date: 2011
  • Format: 264
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780199876075
    ISBN: 019987607X
    ISBN: 9780199735655
    ISBN: 0199735654
    ISBN: 9780199735648
    ISBN: 0199735646
    EISBN: 0199918597
    EISBN: 9780199918591
    EISBN: 9780199876075
    EISBN: 019987607X
    DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199735655.001.0001
    OCLC: 922970379
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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