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

"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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Cao, Nanlai
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Collection:Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : putting Christianity and capitalism in their place
  • The rise of "boss Christians" and their engagements with state power
  • Of manners, morals and modernity : cosmopolitan desires and the remaking of Christian identity
  • The business of religion in the "Wenzhou model" of Christian revival
  • Gendered agency, gender hierarchy and religious identity making
  • Conversion to urban citizenship : rural migrant workers' participation in Wenzhou Christianity
  • Conclusion : religious revivalism as a moral discourse of modernity.