ISBN:
9781442205086
,
1442205083
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (viii, 283 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Faiths on display
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Faiths on display
DDC:
203.5095109051
Keywords:
Religion and state China
;
Tourism China
;
Tourism Religious aspects
;
Religion and state
;
Tourism
;
Tourism Religious aspects
;
China Religion
;
20th century
;
China Religion
;
21st century
;
China Religious life and customs
;
Religion
;
Tourism ; Religious aspects
;
Religion and state
;
Tourism
;
RELIGION ; Reference
;
China Religion
;
20th century
;
China Religion
;
21st century
;
China Religious life and customs
;
China Religion 20th century
;
China Religious life and customs
;
China Religion 21st century
;
China
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
China
;
Religion
;
Tourismus
Abstract:
By providing a unique perspective on China's changing relationship with religion, this groundbreaking book explores the role the Chinese state continues to play in religious revival today. Over the past several decades, China has experienced a rapid expansion of religious spaces and activities. More recently, a growing middle-class urban society has fueled an upsurge in Chinese domestic tourism. Faiths on Display challenges the common separation of religious and tourist activities, showing how thesepractices overlap and blend together. A group of leading scholars explores the unlikely interact
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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