Making Saints in Modern China
David Ownby, Vincent Goossaert, and Ji Zhe, Making Saints in Modern China, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017. « Sainthood » has been, and remains, a contested category in China, given the commitment of China’s modern leadership to secularization, modernization, and revolution, and the discomfort of China’s elite with matters concerning religion. However, sainted religious leaders … Continued