Acknowledgments vii
List of Contributors ix
Introduction: The Rising Social Scientific Study of Religion in China
Graeme LANG Fenggang YANG 1
PART I: METHODOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL CHALLENGES
Thirty Years of Religious Studies in China
HE Guanghu
23
History as a Factor in the Social Scientific Study of Chinese Religion
J. Gordon MELTON
47
Explanations of Internaitonal Differences in Religion that May Apply to China
Daniel V.A. OLSON
61
The Dilemma of Pursuing Chinese Religious Studies within the Framework of Western Religious Theories
FAN Lizhu
87
Religion in China: Some Introductory Notes for the Intrepid Western Scholar
Eilleen BARKER
109
Local Ritual Traditions of Southeast China: A Challenge to Definitions of Religon and Theories of Ritual
Kenneth DEAN
133



PART II: IDENTITIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES
Contemporary Chinese Beliefs and Spiritual Pursuits
Victor YUAN
165
Exploring the Relationship between Religion and Ethnicity in China
HE Qimin
181
From Grassroots Association to Civil Society Organization: A Case Study of the Hebei Province Dragon Tablet Fair
GAO Bingzhong
MA Qiang
195
On the Problem of Developing a Mechanism for the Participation of Religion in the Social Services Sector
LIU Peng
227
Religion and Environmentalism in Chinese Societies
Graeme LANG
LU Yunfeng
245
Secular State and Religious Society in Mainland China and Taiwan
Richard MADSEN
273



Afterword
Yoshiko ASHIWA
David L. WANK
297
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