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Faiths on display : religion, tourism, and the Chinese state /

By providing a unique perspective on China's changing relationship with religion, this groundbreaking book explores the role the Chinese state continues to play in religious revival today. Over the past several decades, China has experienced a rapid expansion of religious spaces and activities....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Oakes, Tim, Sutton, Donald S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:By providing a unique perspective on China's changing relationship with religion, this groundbreaking book explores the role the Chinese state continues to play in religious revival today. Over the past several decades, China has experienced a rapid expansion of religious spaces and activities. More recently, a growing middle-class urban society has fueled an upsurge in Chinese domestic tourism. Faiths on Display challenges the common separation of religious and tourist activities, showing how thesepractices overlap and blend together. A group of leading scholars explores the unlikely interact.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 283 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781442205086
1442205083
1282922513
9781282922518
9786612922510
6612922516