Everyday life of a Chinese Muslim: between Religious Retention and Material Acculturation

This research focuses upon tracing the acculturative trends of the Hui Muslim community in Xi’an. It suggests that the existence of Muslims in China is a dialectical process between the adaptation to the Chinese culture and the retention of essentially Islamic religious traits. It is exclusively bas...

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Main Author: Qurrat Ul Ain, Ayesha (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: CEEOL [2015]
In: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
Year: 2015, Volume: 14, Issue: 40, Pages: 209-237
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Ethnicity
B Acculturation
B Muslims in China
B Islam in China
B Minority
B Identity
B Hui community
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