Constructing China's Jerusalem Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou

Name: Constructing China's Jerusalem Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou
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ISBN: 9780804773607

ISBN-10: 0804773602

ISBN-13: 9780804773607

Edition: 2010

Authors: Nanlai Cao

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This book depicts the revival of Protestant Christianity among diverse groups of people in the commercially prosperous coastal city of Wenzhou, and shows how resurgent and innovated Christian beliefs and practices in the reform era reveal emerging patterns of power formation, place making and morality building in the context of a market-oriented, modernizing China..

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 11/4/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables


Acknowledgments



Introduction: Putting Christianity and Capitalism in Their Place



The Rise of "Boss Christians" and Their Engagement 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


Character List


Notes


References


Index