Negotiating religion in modern China
Subtitle: state and common people in Guangzhou, 1900-1937
By: Shuk-wah Poon
Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789629964214
Subjects: Religious life and customs; Religion and state; Superstition
Description: Traces the history of the revolutionary regime's condemnation of religious practice as superstition in favor of a secular, more enlightened society through the implementation of policy in Guangzhou and the citizens' attempts at adaption and resistance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.