TY - BOOK AU - Yang,Fenggang AU - Lang,Graeme TI - Social scientific studies of religion in China: methodology, theories, and findings T2 - Religion in Chinese societies AV - BL1803 .S63 2011eb U1 - 200.71/051 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Religion and sociology KW - China KW - Congresses KW - RELIGION / Education KW - bisacsh KW - Religion KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Years of religious studies in China / Guanghu He -- History as a factor in the social scientific study of Chinese religion / J. Gordon Melton -- Explanations of international differences in religion that may apply to China / V.A. Daniel Olson -- The dilemma of pursuing Chinese religious studies within the framework of Western religious theories / Lizhu Fan -- Religion in China : some introductory notes for the intrepid western scholar / Eileen Barker -- Local ritual traditions of southeast China : a challenge to definitions of religion and theories of ritual / Kenneth Dean -- Contemporary Chinese beliefs and spiritual pursuits / Victor Yuan -- Exploring the relationship between religion and ethnicity in China / Qimin He -- From grassroots association to civil society organization : a case study of the Hebei Province Dragon Tablet Fair / Gao Bingzhong and Ma Qiang -- On the problem of developing a mechanism for the participation of religion in the social services sector / Liu Peng -- Religion and environmentalism in Chinese societies / Graeme Lang and Yunfeng Lu -- Secular state and religious society in mainland China and Taiwan / Richard Madsen UR - http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=368170 ER -