Popular Religion in Modern China : The New Role of Nuo
by
Lan Li
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1138053236
ISBN-13
9781138053236
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 31st, 2017
Print length
308 Pages
Weight
453 grams
Product Classification:
Religion: generalReligion & politicsSociety & culture: generalPolitics & government
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This book examines the role popular religion has played in modern Chinese politics. The popular religion of Nuo will be used as an example of how the new role has enabled the religion to be directly incorporated into the Chinese Community Party''s policies, to be viewed as supporting the legitimacy of the regime, and to function as a tool to enhance national cohesion and safeguard national unification. This volume provides new material on the interplay between contemporary Chinese politics, popular religion and economic development in a rapidly changing society of Mainland China.
Since the early 1980s, China''s rapid economic growth and social transformation have greatly altered the role of popular religion in the country. This book makes a new contribution to the research on the phenomenon by examining the role which popular religion has played in modern Chinese politics. Popular Religion in Modern China uses Nuo as an example of how a popular religion has been directly incorporated into the Chinese Community Party''s (CCP) policies and how the religion functions as a tool to maintain socio-political stability, safeguard national unification and raise the country''s cultural ''soft power'' in the eyes of the world. It provides rich new material on the interplay between contemporary Chinese politics, popular religion and economic development in a rapidly changing society.
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