Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies
(eBook)
Contributors
Chang, Chi-shen, Contributor
Chang, Hsun, Contributor
Chau, Adam Yuet, Contributor
Dessein, Bart, Contributor
Frettingham, Edmund, Contributor
Chang, Hsun, Contributor
Chau, Adam Yuet, Contributor
Dessein, Bart, Contributor
Frettingham, Edmund, Contributor
Published
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,, [2017].
Format
eBook
ISBN
9789048535057
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Language
English
UPC
10.1515/9789048535057
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Open Access https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 unrestricted online access star
Description
This book explores the interaction between religion and nationalism in the Chinese societies of mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Cheng-tian Kuo analyses the dominant religions, including Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity, Islam, and folk religions, but he also goes beyond that, showing how in recent decades the Chinese state has tightened its control over religion to an unprecedented degree. Indeed, it could almost be said to have constructed a wholly new religion, Chinese Patriotism. The same period, however, has seen the growth of democratic civil religions, which could challenge the state.
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This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access
Language
In English.