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Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule

Fenggang Yang is a sociologist of religion, and this academic book, published by Oxford University Press, examines the survival and resurgence of religious practice in China under Communist Party rule, using sociological method and fieldwork to analyze how religion persisted despite decades of state suppression. Its strength is Yang's development of a specific analytical framework, describing a red, black and gray religious market to explain officially sanctioned, banned and ambiguous religious activity respectively, grounded in his own sociological research. Its limit is that religious policy and practice in China have continued to shift since publication, particularly under more recent state policy, so time sensitive claims about current conditions should be checked against more recent reporting or research.

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Fenggang Yang's sociological study of Chinese folk religion, Daoism and the state, the standard account of what survived and what returned under Communist rule.

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Sociological study of Chinese folk religion, Daoism and the state; the standard account of what survived and what returned.

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Author

Fenggang Yang

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Year

2011

Source Type

Monograph

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China

This source names China directly: "resurgence of religious practice in China under Communist Party rule, using sociological method and fieldwork to analyze how religion persisted despite decades of state suppression."

Source Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist RuleFenggang Yang

Claims Backed By This Source (85 claims)

This source backs 85 claims across the atlas. As facts: 50 well-attested. As cited relationships: 20 holds, 1 connected. Plus 14 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Deities, 15 claims: 6 well-attested, 5 holds, 4 general references.
Religions, 15 claims: 8 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 general references.
Religious Events, 15 claims: 9 well-attested, 4 holds, 2 general references.
Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
Articles, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
Open Questions, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Religious Offices, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
Bodies of Water, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
Cultures, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
Beliefs & Restrictions, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Religious Organization & Structure, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Sacred Sites, 1 claims: 1 general references.