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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
2011.
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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.