Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part 1 Foundational Transformations

Section 1 Economics

The Introduction of Economics in China, 1850–2010

Section 2 Science

Scientism in the Twentieth Century

Section 3 Medicine

History of Chinese Medicine, 1890–2010

Section 4 Aesthetics

Art, Aesthetics, and Religion in Modern China

Part 2 State Policy/State Ideology

Buddhism and the State in Modern and Contemporary China

The Discourse of “Chinese Marxism”

Part 3 Histories of Religions

Section 1 Rural Traditions

Local Religion and Festivals

Moral Discourse, Moral Practice, and the Rural Family in Modern China

Lineages and the Making of Contemporary China

Section 2 Social and Institutional Change and Religion

Women and the Religious Question in Modern China

New Technologies and the Production of Religious Texts in China, 19th–21st Century

Volume 2

Charity, Medicine, and Religion: The Quest for Modernity in Canton (ca. 1870–1937)

Religions and Philanthropy in Chinese Societies Since 1978

Section 3 Spirit Writing, Redemptive Societies

Spirit Writing Groups in Modern China (1840–1937): Textual Production, Public Teachings, and Charity

Redemptive Societies in the Twentieth Century

Section 4 The Three Teachings: Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism

Buddhist Institutional Innovations

The Hidden Tradition: Confucianism and Its Metamorphoses in Modern and Contemporary China

Daoism from the Late Qing to Early Republican Periods

Section 5 Christianity

Anti-Modern Theology and Pre-Modern Practice: Catholic Indigenization from Below in Modern China

Protestantism and Modern China: Rejection, Success, Disaster, Survival, and Rebirth

Miraculous Modernity: Charismatic Traditions and Trajectories within Chinese Protestant Christianity

Section 6 Contemporary Trends

The Revival and Development of Popular Religion in China, 1980–Present

The Commodification of Religion in Chinese Societies

Bibliography

Index