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Making Saints in Modern China David Ownby
Making Saints in Modern China
David Ownby
Each chapter of this book offers a biography of a religious leader and a detailed discussion of his or her rise to sainthood over the course of China's twentieth century. Throughout, emphasis is on the creative and largely successful strategies deployed in the face of state indifference or hostility.
528 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 2, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9780190494568 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 524 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 160 × 41 mm · 945 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Goossaert, Vincent (Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Professor, Department of Religious Studies, EPHE (Ecole pratique des hautes itudes)) |
| Editor | Ownby, David (Professor, Department of History, Professor, Department of History, University of Montreal) |
| Editor | Zhe, Ji (Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Studies, Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Studies, INALCO (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales)) |
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