Constructing China's Jerusalem : Christians, power, and place in contemporary Wenzhou

Constructing China's Jerusalem : Christians, power, and place in contemporary Wenzhou

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Auteur principal : Cao Nanlai (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Constructing China's Jerusalem : Christians, power, and place in contemporary Wenzhou / Nanlai Cao
Publié : Stanford, California : Stanford University press , cop. 2011
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-216 p.)
Collection : Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific
Sujets :
Christianisme > Société > Chine > Wenzhou (Chine)
Croissance de l'Église > Chine > Wenzhou (Chine)
Christianisme et culture > Chine > Wenzhou (Chine)
Vie religieuse > Wenzhou (Chine)
  • Introduction : putting Christianity and capitalism in their place
  • The rise of "boss Christians" and their engagements with state power
  • Of manners, morals and modernity : cosmopolitan desires and the remaking of Christian identity
  • The business of religion in the "Wenzhou model" of Christian revival
  • Gendered agency, gender hierarchy and religious identity making
  • Conversion to urban citizenship : rural migrant workers' participation in Wenzhou Christianity
  • Conclusion : religious revivalism as a moral discourse of modernity