The souls of China : the return of religion after Mao / Ian Johnson.
Johnson, Ian, 1962 July 27- author.
2017
BL1803 .J645 2017 (Mapit)
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Title The souls of China : the return of religion after Mao / Ian Johnson.
Author Johnson, Ian, 1962 July 27- author.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9781101870051 (hardcover)
1101870052 (hardcover)
9781101870068 (electronic book)
Published New York : Pantheon Books, [2017]
Language English
Description x, 455 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number BL1803 .J645 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 200.951/09051
Summary From the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist: a revelatory portrait of religion in China today its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China s future. Following a century of violent antireligious campaigns, China is now awash with new temples, churches, and mosques as well as cults, sects, and politicians trying to harness religion for their own ends. Driving this explosion of faith is uncertainty over what it means to be Chinese, and how to live an ethical life in a country that discarded traditional morality a century ago and is still searching for new guideposts. Ian Johnson lived for extended periods with underground church members, rural Daoists, and Buddhist pilgrims. He has distilled these experiences into a cycle of festivals, births, deaths, detentions, and struggle a great awakening of faith that is shaping the soul of the world s newest superpower. (With black-and-white illustrations throughout).
Note Maps on lining papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form Souls of China.
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Part 1. The moon year. Beijing: the tolling bell
Ritual: the lost middle
Shanxi: First night
Chengdu: Long live Auntie Wei
Part 2. Awakening of the insects. Ritual: awakening the past
Beijing: You can't explain it
Ritual: The caged master
Practice: Learning to breathe
Part 3. Clear and bright. Ritual: Martyrs
Shanxi: The buried books
Chengdu: Good Friday
Beijing: Ascending the mountain
Part 4. Summer harvest. Chengdu: Recitation
Practice: Learning to walk
Ritual: New star
Beijing: The flower lady
Shanxi: Source of the divine
Part 5. Mid-autumn. Practice: Learning to sit
Beijing: The sacred slum
Ritual: The new leader
Chengdu: The new Calvinists
Part 6. Winter solstice. Practice: Following the moon
Shanxi: City people
Beijing: The great Hermit
Ritual: Eastern lightning
Chengdu: Searching for Jesus
Part 7. Leap year. Ritual: The fragrant dream
Chengdu: Entering the city
Shanxi: Ghost burial
Beijing: The wondrous peak
Afterward: The search for heaven.

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