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Author Cao, Nanlai.

Title Constructing China's Jerusalem [electronic resource] : Christians, power, and place in contemporary Wenzhou / Nanlai Cao.

Imprint Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.

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Description xii, 216 p.
Series East-West Center series on contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific
Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : putting Christianity and capitalism in their place -- The rise of "boss Christians" and their engagements with state power -- Of manners, morals and modernity : cosmopolitan desires and the remaking of Christian identity -- The business of religion in the "Wenzhou model" of Christian revival -- Gendered agency, gender hierarchy and religious identity making -- Conversion to urban citizenship : rural migrant workers' participation in Wenzhou Christianity -- Conclusion : religious revivalism as a moral discourse of modernity.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Christianity -- Social aspects -- China -- Wenzhou Shi.
Church growth -- China -- Wenzhou Shi.
Christianity and culture -- China -- Wenzhou Shi.
Wenzhou Shi (China) -- Church history.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780804770804 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804773607 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804776424 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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