The Fifty Years That Changed Chinese Religion, 1898–1948

Paul R. Katz, Vincent Goossaert

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English

Association for Asian Studies
11 January 2021

Asian history; Oriental religions

In recent years, both scholars and the general public have become increasingly fascinated by the role of religion in modern Chinese life. However, the bulk of attention has been devoted to changes caused by the repression of the Maoist era and subsequent religious revival. The Fifty Years That Changed Chinese Religion breaks new ground by systematically demonstrating that equally important transformative processes occurred during the period covering the last decade of the Qing dynasty and the entire Republican period. Focusing on Shanghai and Zhejiang, this book delves in depth into the real-life workings of social structures, religious practices and personal commitments as they evolved during this period of wrenching changes. At the same time, it goes further than the existing literature in terms of theoretical models and comparative perspectives, notably with other Asian countries such as Korea and Japan.

By: Paul R. Katz, Vincent Goossaert
Imprint: Association for Asian Studies
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 249mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 364g
ISBN: 9780924304965
ISBN 10: 0924304960
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 11 January 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Acknowledgements / vii Introduction / 1 PART 1: COMMUNAL ORGANIZATION Chapter 1: The Transformation of Temple Cults / 13 Chapter 2: Festivals in Jiangnan during the Late Qing and Republican Periods / 37 PART 2: RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE Chapter 3: Stores of Knowledge: New Forms of Proselytizing / 65 Chapter 4: Morality Books in the Modern Age / 83 PART 3: INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOSITY Chapter 5: Elite Religiosity from Late Imperial Times to the Republic / 99 Chapter 6: The Religious Life of Wang Yiting / 117 Conclusion / 137 Notes / 147 Bibliography / 199 About the Authors / 243

PAUL R. KATZ is Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, and Program Director of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. He is the author of Religion in China and its Modern Fate (Brandeis University Press, 2014) and Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in Western Hunan during the Modern Era: The Dao among the Miao? (Routledge, forthcoming). VINCENT GOOSSAERT is professor of Daoist history at EPHE, PSL (Paris) and coeditor of T'oung Pao. He is the author of Heavenly Masters: Two Thousand Years of the Daoist State (University of Hawai'i Press, November 2021) and Making Gods Speak: The Ritual Production of Revelation in Chinese Religious History (Harvard University Asia Center, forthcoming).

Reviews for The Fifty Years That Changed Chinese Religion, 1898–1948

Goossaert and Katz have crafted a unique and innovative research strategy, applying a macro approach--looking at a broad range of data relating to a large number of religious phenomena--to a specific micro-region--Jiangnan. The results are insightful and valuable on many levels.--DAVID OWNBY, Professor of History, University of Montreal This is by far the most original, innovative, and definitive study of the religious transformation in the context of China's modernization from the late Qing to early Republican period. Drawing on new and underexplored primary sources such as religious journals, séance writings, morality books, and liturgical texts, the authors show convincingly how active production of religious knowledge, new and creative forms of religiosity, structural and institutional innovation of religion were taking place alongside the processes of modernization in the Jiangnan region from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. As such, this book has greatly advanced our understanding of trajectories of religious transformation and modes of religious modernity in China.--XUN LIU, Department of History, Rutgers University