Islam and Chinese Society

Genealogies, Lineage and Local Communities

Jianxiong Ma, Oded Abt, Jide Yao

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English

Routledge
13 December 2021

Regional studies; Asian history; Religion: general; Oriental religions; Society & culture: general

Series: The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society Series

This book explores the long history in China of Chinese Muslims, known as the Hui people, and regarded as a minority, though in fact they are distinguished by religion rather than ethnicity. It shows how over time Chinese Muslims adopted Chinese practices as these evolved in wider Chinese society, practices such as constructing and recording patrilinear lineages, spreading genealogies, and propagating education and Confucian teaching, in the case of the Hui through the use of Chinese texts in the teaching of Islam at mosques. The book also examines much else, including the system of certification of mosques, the development of Sufi orders, the cultural adaptation of Islam at the local level, and relations between Islam and Confucianism, between the state and local communities, and between the educated Muslim elite and the Confucian literati. Overall, the book shows how extensively Chinese Muslims have been deeply integrated within a multi-cultural Chinese society.

Edited by: Jianxiong Ma, Oded Abt, Jide Yao
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9781032236636
ISBN 10: 1032236639
Series: The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society Series
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 13 December 2021
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jianxiong Ma is Associate Professor in anthropology at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Oded Abt is a researcher and lecturer in Chinese social and religious history in the Department of East Asian Studies at Tel Hai College, Israel. Jide Yao is Professor of Ethnology and the Director of both the Southwest Asia Institute and the Center of Iran Studies of Yunnan University, China.