Constructing China's Jerusalem
Subtitle: Christians, power, and place in contemporary Wenzhou
By: Nanlai Cao
Series: East-West Center series on contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific; Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780804770804; 9780804773607
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : putting Christianity and capitalism in their place; title: The rise of "boss Christians" and their engagements with state power; title: Of manners, morals and modernity : cosmopolitan desires and the remaking of Christian identity; title: The business of religion in the "Wenzhou model" of Christian revival; title: Gendered agency, gender hierarchy and religious identity making; title: Conversion to urban citizenship : rural migrant workers' participation in Wenzhou Christianity; title: Conclusion : religious revivalism as a moral discourse of modernity.