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This collection of original, new studies about Mainland China and Taiwan focuses on religious changes, and especially the role of the state and market in affecting religious developments in these societies. Information was gathered by participant observation and interviews primarily, and the analysis of documents secondarily. The topics covered are: the growing interest in the study of religion, the methods used by Christians to be able to coexist with a communist government, revival techniques being used by Buddhist monks, the strategies of Daoist priests and sect leaders to attract followers, the significance of mass-circulating morality books, and the ongoing debate about the significance and nature of Confucianism. The book will interest social scientists, religious specialists, journalists, and others who want to understand the changing nature of Chinese societies, and those interested in religious change in modernizing societies.
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State, Market, and Religions in Chinese Societies
Religion and the Social Order An Official Publication of the Association for the Sociology of Religion
General Editor WILLIAM H. SWATOS, JR.
VOLUME 11
State, Market, and Religions in Chinese Societies
Edited by
Fenggang Yang and Joseph B. Tamney
BRILL LEIDEN • BOSTON 2005
This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data State, market, and religions in Chinese societies / edited by Fenggang Yang and Joseph B. Tamney. p. cm. — (Religion and the social order, ISSN 1061-5210 ; v. 11) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 90-04-14597-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. China—Religion. 2. Religion and politics—China. I. Yang, Fenggang. II. Tamney, Joseph B. III. Title. IV. Series. BL1802.S72 2005 200'.951—dc22 2005047126
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CONTENTS Preface ........................................................................................ William H. Swatos, Jr.
vii
Introduction ................................................................................ Joseph B. Tamney
1
1. Between Secularist Ideology and Desecularizing Reality: The Birth and Growth of Religious Research in Communist China ................................................................ Fenggang Yang
19
2. The Cross Faces the Loudspeakers: A Village Church Perseveres under State Power .............................................. Jianbo Huang and Fenggang Yang
41
3. The Bailin Buddhist Temple: Thriving under Communism .......................................................................... Fenggang Yang and Dedong Wei
63
4. Of Temples and Tourists: The Effects of the Tourist Political Economy on a Minority Buddhist Community in Southwest China .................................................................. Thomas Borchert
87
5. The Changing Economy of Temple Daoism in Shanghai ................................................................................ 113 Der-Ruey Yang 6. Temples and the Rel