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Status	Checked Out
Perm Loc	RTC Library
Barcode	R332883220
Title	The Souls of China : The Return of religion after Mao
Author	Johnson, Ian.
Call No	200.951 JOH
Collection	Non Fiction
Copy No	1

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Perm Loc	Circ Status	Edition
RTC Library	Due on 17/9/2024

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number	9781101870051
Dewey Decimal Classification Number	200.951 JOH
Personal Name	Johnson, Ian.
Title Statement	The Souls of China : The Return of religion after Mao
Imprint	New York : Pantheon Books, 2017.
Summary, Etc.	From the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist: a revelatory portrait of religion in China today its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China s future. Following a century of violent antireligious campaigns, China is now awash with new temples, churches, and mosques as well as cults, sects, and politicians trying to harness religion for their own ends. Driving this explosion of faith is uncertainty over what it means to be Chinese, and how to live an ethical life in a country that discarded traditional morality a century ago and is still searching for new guideposts. Ian Johnson lived for extended periods with underground church members, rural Daoists, and Buddhist pilgrims. He has distilled these experiences into a cycle of festivals, births, deaths, detentions, and struggle a great awakening of faith that is shaping the soul of the world s newest superpower. (With black-and-white illustrations throughout)
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	CHINA - RELIGION - 21st CENTURY.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	CHINA - RELIGION - 20th CENTURY
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	HISTORY - ASIA - CHINA.