ISBN:
9789814590006
,
9814590002
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxxii, 382 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Print version After migration and religious affiliation
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als After migration and religious affiliation
Keywords:
Chinese Religion
;
Foreign countries
;
Chinese Social networks
;
Foreign countries
;
Chinese Social networks
;
Chinese Religion
;
Chinese Religion
;
Chinese Social networks
;
Chinese Foreign countries
;
Religion
;
Chinese Social networks
;
Foreign countries
;
Chinese Social networks
;
History
;
RELIGION ; Comparative Religion
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RELIGION ; Essays
;
RELIGION ; Reference
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Chinesen
;
Migration
;
Volksreligion
;
Buddhismus
;
Islam
;
Christentum
Abstract:
This is a timely book that fills the gap in the study of Chinese overseas and their religions in the global context. Rich in ethnographic materials, this is the first comprehensive book that shows the transnational religious networks among the Chinese of different nationalities and between the Chinese overseas and the regions in China. The book highlights diverse religious traditions including Chinese popular religion, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, and discusses inter-cultural influences on religions, their localization, their significance to cultural belonging, and the transnational natur
Description / Table of Contents:
Chinese Religious Traditions and Living in the DiasporaLocalization and Chinese Religious Traditions -- Christianity, Islam and the Chinese Overseas -- Religious Affiliations and Transnational Networks.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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