Constructing China's Jerusalem : Christians, power, and place in contemporary Wenzhou /

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"Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth life history interviews, this illuminating book provides an intimate portrait of contemporary Chinese Christianity in the context of a modern, commercialized economy. In vivid detail, anthropologist Nanlai Cao explores the massive resurg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cao, Nanlai
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Colección:Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.
Temas:
Christianity > Social aspects > China > Wenzhou Shi.
Church growth > China > Wenzhou Shi.
Christianity and culture > China > Wenzhou Shi.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christianity and culture.
Christianity > Social aspects.
Church growth.
Christentum
Religiöse Identität
Religiöse Minderheit
Christentum.
Religionsausübung.
Religionssoziologie.
Soziales Handeln.
Wenzhou Shi (China) > Church history.
China > Wenzhou Shi.
China
Wenzhou.
China.
Church history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth life history interviews, this illuminating book provides an intimate portrait of contemporary Chinese Christianity in the context of a modern, commercialized economy. In vivid detail, anthropologist Nanlai Cao explores the massive resurgence of Protestant Christianity in the southeastern coastal city of Wenzhou--popularly referred to by its residents as 'China's Jerusalem'--a nationwide model for economic development and the largest urban Christian center in China. Cao's study of Chinese Christians delves into the dynamics of activities such as banqueting, network building, property acquisition, mate selection, marriage ritual, migrant work, and education. Unlike previous research that has mainly looked at older, rural, and socially marginalized church communities, Cao trains his focus on economically powerful, politically connected, moralizing Christian entrepreneurs. In framing the city of Wenzhou as China's Jerusalem, newly rich Chinese Christians seek not only to express their leadership aspirations in a global religious movement but also to assert their place, identity, and elite status in post-reform Chinese society"--Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 216 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804776424
0804776423

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