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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cao, Nanlai
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Series:Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.