The Souls of China   The Return of Religion After Mao
epub | 6.6 MB | English |  Ian Johnson |  2017 | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

About The Souls of China   The Return of Religion After Mao :

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.
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