{"product_id":"miraculous-response-9780804761000","title":"Miraculous Response","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCentered around an ethnographic case study of a dragon king temple, this book examines the social and political dynamics underlying the revival of popular religion in contemporary rural China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"More than an ethnographic case study on the revival of a local temple cult in Northern China, \u003ci\u003eMiraculous Response\u003c\/i\u003e is an intellectually stimulating engagement with the anthropological approach to Chinese local society, politics, and religion... Clearly written, with an engaging personal touch, \u003ci\u003eMiraculous Response\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution at several levels: it provides a detailed local case study of contemporary state-religion relations, describes the complex dynamics at work in rural elite politics in the post-Mao era, and provides a feast of new concepts and insights of broader relevance to anthropological history.\" -- \u003ci\u003eChina Review International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Chau] shows in a pertinent manner that religious activities are narrowly interwoven with the social and political milieu, and from this fact acquire some legitimacy that otherwise would be denied. . . . The study is conducted with rigour and mastery.\" -- \u003ci\u003eChinese Cross Currents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Adam Yuet Chau's book provides an engaging and accessible account of Chinese popular religion in Longwanggou, a community in rural northern Shaanxi, focusing on its Black Dragon King Temple .... This book is a major achievement: an important and accessible contribution to the literature of religion in China today that deserves to be widely read.\" -- Charles Stafford * \u003ci\u003eJournal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This well-written and clearly organized study is a fascinating ethnography, a rare glimpse into the workings of a popular religious temple in contemporary China. Based on recent fieldwork in northwest China, it will appeal to readers with an interest in Chinese religion or local politics.\" -- Robert P. Weller * Boston University *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMiraculous Response\u003c\/i\u003e deserves a wide readership and will be of particular interest to those who want to learn more about patterns of religious organization and practice in Chinese rural society.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe China Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anthropologist Adam Chau's ethnographic account of the recent revival of popular religion in rural northern Shaanxi Province in China is a delightful book that is clearly written and highly recommended for undergraduate courses in anthropology, Asian studies, religious studies, rural sociology, and even political science.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe China Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chau's excellent volume serves both as an ethnography of a little-studied region as well as an invitation to scholars to seek to bring together studies of popular religion, both within China and elsewhere in the Chinese diaspora...\" -- \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Chau] suggests that the first key to... the religious revival in rural China is that village cadres seized upon temples and temple associations as a valuable political, economic, and symbolic resource. The second key is the incorporation of different local state agents who are motivated for reasons other than religiosity to make alliances with temple associations and temple bosses. In this regard, \u003ci\u003eMiraculous Response\u003c\/i\u003e sheds unique light on the shifting state-society relationship in China.\" -- \u003ci\u003eJournal of Chinese Religions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...meticulous in detail and extensive in reference, this superbly written monograph exemplifies the best of ethnographic research.\" -- \u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chapter after chapter we find concise but very helpful discussions of some of the most basic questions confronting any researcher about what Chinese religion is...\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe China Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Acknowledgments  A Note on Units of Measurement, Romanization, and Dates  Chapter 1 Introduction  Chapter 2 Shaanbei History, Society, and Culture  Chapter 3 Shaanbei Popular Religious Landscape  Chapter 4 Beliefs and Practices: Shaanbei People's   Religiosity and Religious Habitus  Chapter 5 Legends and Histories: Heilongdawang and the   Heilongdawang Temple  Chapter 6 Provisioning Magical Efficacy and Divine   Benevolence  Chapter 7 Modes of Social Organization and Folk Event   Productions  Chapter 8 Red-Hot Sociality  Chapter 9 Temple Boss and Local Elite: The Story of Lao Wang   Chapter 10 Longwanggou and Agrarian Political Culture  Chapter 11 The Local State and the Politics of Legitimation  Chapter 12 Conclusion  Chinese Characters  Notes   References Cited  Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405578805591,"sku":"9780804761000","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804761000.jpg?v=1730492899","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/miraculous-response-9780804761000","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}