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. NotesSociological study of Chinese folk religion, Daoism and the state; the standard account of what survived and what returned.
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AuthorFenggang Yang
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year2011
Source TypeMonograph
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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."
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This source backs 82 claims across the atlas. As facts: 49 well-attested. As cited relationships: 18 holds, 1 connected. Plus 14 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Deities, 15 claims: 6 well-attested, 5 holds, 4 general references.
- Religions, 14 claims: 8 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 general references.
- Religious Events, 14 claims: 9 well-attested, 3 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.
- Religious Organization & Structure, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Sacred Sites, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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49Religious Organization & Structure
General References
14Religious Organization & Structure
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