The Religious Question in Modern China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2246318 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Hu (0000-0002-3218-4954, Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 230-231 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1069-4404 • E-ISSN: 1759-8818 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/socrel/srs036 |
| OpenAlex | W2063298104 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
The title of this book conveys its ambitious goal. The term “religious question” is adopted to refer to the uneasy dynamics between religion and modernity in Chinese societies. It raises broad and large questions: How do religion and modern political–social framework of Chinese societies mutually adapt ever since the 1890s? Carrying this large question, Vincent Goossaert and David Palmer look at the transformation of the religious landscape from 1898 to 2008 and propose five religious questions. The first question is “how to scale back religion's domination of culture and society in order to free the human mind and carry forward the march of modernization” (401). This question was initiated at the late Qing period when the traditional Chinese religion system was challenged by elite Confucian anticlericalism and modernizing intellectuals. Later, the endeavors of constructing a modern nation-state brought about a series of antisuperstition movements and the institutionalization of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism following the normative model of Christianity.
Buddhism · China · Chinese society · Christianity · Elite · Institutionalisation · Modernity · Modernization theory · Normative · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Taoism · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
“I Came Not Only to Save the Sangha”
Religions and the Development of Taiwan’s Welfare Regime
Idioms of Dignity and Respect
The “Sinicization” of Religion
Folk, Popular, or Minjian Religion
Diversity and elite religiosity in modern China
Competition and Isomorphism
Religion as an object of state power
Understanding Chinese Governance by Critiquing ‘Religion’
Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain”
Monastic Mobility, Social Embeddedness, and Kinship Networks
Measuring religiosity in a religiously diverse society
Religion as Culture
Transnational Religious Spaces
Religious individualisation in China
Asia, Sociocultural Aspects
Inside The Church of Almighty God
Ignorance is Bliss
| Citations per year | 0.32 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1970 - 2025 (56) |
| Highly cited | No |