Modern Chinese Religion II: 1850 - 2015 (2 vols)

The last of four two-volume sets on the key periods of paradigm shift in Chinese religious and cultural history, this book examines the transformation of values in China since 1850, in the “secular” realms of economics, science, medicine, aesthetics, media, and gender, and in each of the major religions (Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity) as well as in Marxist discourse. The nation and science are the values invoked most frequently, with the market and democracy a distant second. As in previous periods of fundamental change in Chinese history, rationalization and secularization have played central roles, but interiorization nearly disappears as a driving force. Also in continuity with the past, the state insists on an exclusive right to define and adjudicate orthodoxy. Contributors include: Daniel H. Bays, Sébastien Billioud, Adam Yuet Chau, Na Chen, Philip Clart, Walter B. Davis, Arif Dirlik, Thomas David DuBois, Lizhu Fan, David Faure, Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye, Ji Zhe, Xiaofei Kang, Eric I. Karchmer, André Laliberté, Angela Ki Che Leung, Xun Liu, Richard Madsen, David Ownby, Ellen Oxfeld, Volker Scheid, Grace Yen Shen, Michael Szonyi, Wang Chien-ch’uan, Xue Yu

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements List of contributors Introduction … Vincent Goossaert, Jan Kiely, John Lagerwey Part 1: Foundational transformations Section 1: Economics The introduction of economics in China, 1850-2010 … David Faure Section 2: Science Scientism in the twentieth century … Grace Yen Shen Section 3: Medicine History of Chinese medicine, 1890–2010 … Volker Scheid and Eric I. Karchmer Section 4:Aesthetics Art, aesthetics, and religion in modern China … Walter B. Davis Part 2: State policy/state ideology Buddhism and the state in modern and contemporary China … Xue Yu The discourse of “Chinese Marxism” … Arif Dirlik Part 3: Histories of religions Section 1: Rural traditions Local religion and festivals … Thomas David DuBois Moral discourse, moral practice, and the rural family in modern China … Ellen Oxfeld Lineages and the making of contemporary China … Michael Szonyi Section 2: Social and institutional change and religion Women and the religious question in modern China … Xiaofei Kang New technologies and the production of religious texts in China, 19th-21st century … Philip Clart Charity, medicine, and religion: the quest for modernity in Canton (ca. 1870-1937) … Angela Ki Che Leung Religions and philanthropy in Chinese societies since 1978 … André Laliberté Section 3: Spirit writing, redemptive societies Spirit writing groups in modern China (1840-1937): textual production, public teachings, and charity … Wang Chien-ch’uan Redemptive societies in the twentieth century … David Ownby Section 4: The Three Teachings: Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism Buddhist institutional innovations … Ji Zhe The hidden tradition: Confucianism and its metamorphoses in modern and contemporary China … Sébastien Billioud Daoism from the late Qing to early Republican periods … Xun Liu Section 5: Christianity Anti-modern theology and pre-modern practice: Catholic indigenization from below in modern China … Richard Madsen Protestantism and modern China: rejection, success, disaster, survival, and rebirth … Daniel H. Bays Miraculous modernity: charismatic traditions and trajectories within Chinese Protestant Christianity … Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye Section 6: Contemporary trends The revival and development of popular religion in China, 1980-present … Lizhu Fan and Na Chen The commodification of religion in Chinese societies … Adam Yuet Chau Bibliography Index