The revival of religious belief and practice in China over the past thirty years, after decades of severe repression, has attracted much attention by scholars.

This volume of Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion includes a wide range of papers from a social-science perspective. The special section gives

The speed and the scale with which traditional religions in China have been revived and new spiritual movements have emerged in recent decades make it difficult

This book provides a sampling of recent field studies of religions in China, along with theoretical reflections by sociologists, anthropologists and religious s

This volume focuses on the intersection of religion and media in China, bringing interdisciplinary approaches to bear on the role of religion in the lives of in