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  • Ethnographies of Islam in China

    by Rachel Harris, Guangtian Ha, Maria Jaschok, Michael C. Brose, Darren Byler, Rahile Dawut, Ge Caixia, Wai Weng Hew0, Qian Mu1, Francesca Rosati2, Jingjun Shui3, Elke Spiessens4, Alexander Stewart5, Min Su6, Thomas White7, Yang Yang8, Ruslan Yusupov9 ...
    In the late 1970s Islam regained its force by generating novel forms of piety and forging new paths in politics throughout the world, including China. The Islamic revival in China, which came to fruition in the 2000s and the 2010s, prompted increases in government suppression but also intriguing resonances with the broader Muslim world—from influential theoretical and political contestations over ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The History of Women's Mosques in Chinese Islam

    by Maria Jaschok, Shui Jingjun Shui ...
    This is a study of Chinese Hui Muslim women's historic and unrelenting spiritual, educational, political and gendered drive for an institutional presence in Islamic worship and leadership: 'a mosque of one's own' as a unique feature of Chinese Muslim culture. The authors place the historical origin of women's segregated religious institutions in the Chinese Islamic diaspora's fight for survival, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Women, Religion, and Space in China

    Islamic Mosques & Daoist Temples, Catholic Convents & Chinese Virgins

    by Maria Jaschok, Jingjun Shui ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
    What enables women to hold firm in their beliefs in the face of long years of hostile persecution by the Communist party/state? How do women withstand daily discrimination and prolonged hardship under a Communist regime which held rejection of religious beliefs and practices as a patriotic duty? Through the use of archival and ethnographic sources and of rich life testimonies, this book provides a ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    A History of Muslims in Northwest China

    by Jonathan N. Lipman ...
    Series series Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
    Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295800554The Chinese-speaking Muslims have for centuries been an inseparable but anomalous part of Chinese society--Sinophone yet incomprehensible, local yet outsiders, normal but different. Long regarded by the Chinese government as prone to violence, they have challenged fundamental Chinese conceptions of "self" and "other" and denied the totally transforming ... Read more

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  • Education in Post-Conflict Transition

    The Politicization of Religion in School Textbooks

    Edited by Gorana Ognjenović, Jasna Jozelić ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book offers vivid insights into policies of religious education in schools since the series of wars in former Yugoslavia in the 1990's. It traces the segregation among members of different ethnic groups in Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia, which has never been greater or more systematic. It aims to be a necessary step in understanding the origins of this systematic ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Pure and True

    The Everyday Politics of Ethnicity for China's Hui Muslims

    by David R. Stroup, Stevan Harrell ...
    Series series Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
    The Chinese Communist Party points to the Hui—China’s largest Muslim ethnic group—as a model ethnic minority and touts its harmonious relations with the group as an example of the party’s great success in ethnic politics. The Hui number over ten million, but they lack a common homeland or a distinct language, and have long been partitioned by sect, class, region, and language. Despite these ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Religion in China

    Survival and Revival under Communist Rule

    by Fenggang Yang ...
    Religion in China survived the most radical suppression in human history--a total ban of any religion during and after the Cultural Revolution. All churches, temples, and mosques were closed down, converted for secular uses, or turned to museums for the purpose of atheist education. Over the last three decades, however, religion has survived and thrived even as China remains under Communist rule. ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • The Battle for China's Spirit

    Religious Revival, Repression, and Resistance under Xi Jinping

    by Sarah Cook ...
    The Battle for China’s Spirit is the first comprehensive analysis of its kind, focusing on seven major religious groups in China that together account for over 350 million believers: Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Tibetan Buddhism, and Falun Gong. The study examines the evolution of the Communist Party’s policies of religious control, how they are applied differently ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Identity and Violence

    The Illusion of Destiny

    by Amartya Sen ...
    Series series Issues of Our Time
    “One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion.”—Nadine GordimerIn this sweeping philosophical work, Amartya Sen proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class, Sen presents an inspiring vision ... Read more

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  • Confucius

    And the World He Created

    by Michael Schuman ...
    Confucius is perhaps the most important philosopher in history. Today, his teachings shape the daily lives of more than 1.6 billion people. Throughout East Asia, Confucius's influence can be seen in everything from business practices and family relationships to educational standards and government policies. Even as western ideas from Christianity to Communism have bombarded the region, Confucius's ... Read more

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  • The Boundaries of Meaning and the Formation of Law

    Legal Concepts and Reasoning in the English, Arabic, and Chinese Traditions

    by Sharron Gu ...
    Gu's original perspective on legal history challenges established theories of law based on political science, sociology, and philosophy. She argues that language at a specific time and place determines how the law works in each culture. As each language accumulates too many meanings and connotations, the law becomes inflated by rulings, interpretations, and codified cases that overlap and ... Read more

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  • China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know

    What Everyone Needs to Know

    by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs to Know
    The need to understand China has never been more pressing. Within one generation, the global giant has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse; yet conflicting impressions of the country and its leaders abound. In the fully revised and updated second edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, China expert Jeffrey ... Read more

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