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Constructing China's Jerusalem

Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou [Hardback]

by Nanlai Cao

    • Author

      Nanlai Cao

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Stanford University Press

    • Published

      November 2010

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      Product Description

      Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth life history interviews, this illuminating book provides an intimate portrait of contemporary Chinese Christianity in the context of a modern, commercialized economy. In vivid detail, anthropologist Nanlai Cao explores the massive resurgence of Protestant Christianity in the southeastern coastal city of Wenzhou--popularly referred to by its residents as "China's Jerusalem"--a nationwide model for economic development and the largest urban Christian center in China. Cao's study of Chinese Christians delves into the dynamics of activities such as banqueting, network building, property acquisition, mate selection, marriage ritual, migrant work, and education. Unlike previous research that has mainly looked at older, rural, and socially marginalized church communities, Cao trains his focus on economically powerful, politically connected, moralizing Christian entrepreneurs. In framing the city of Wenzhou as China's Jerusalem, newly rich Chinese Christians seek not only to express their leadership aspirations in a global religious movement but also to assert their place, identity, and elite status in post-reform Chinese society.

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      • Author

        Nanlai Cao

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Stanford University Press

      • Published

        November 2010

      • Weight

        277g

      • Page Count

        232

      • Dimensions

        153 x 227 x 16 mm

      • ISBN

        9780804770804

      • ISBN-10

        0804770808

      • Eden Code

        3580739

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      • Author/Creator: Nanlai Cao

      • ISBN: 9780804770804

      • Publisher: Stanford University Press

      • Release Date: November 2010

      • Weight: 277g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 16 mm

      • Eden Code: 3580739

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