Secular Belief, Religious Belonging in China
A recent Gallup poll found that almost half of China’s people are atheists. However, surveys conducted by Fenggang Yang and others show that as much as 85 percent of the population periodically engages in religious practices. How can we reconcile reports of widespread atheism with those of widesprea...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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| In: |
Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2014, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 13-28 |
| Further subjects: | B
Atheism
B Belonging B Religious Belief |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | A recent Gallup poll found that almost half of China’s people are atheists. However, surveys conducted by Fenggang Yang and others show that as much as 85 percent of the population periodically engages in religious practices. How can we reconcile reports of widespread atheism with those of widespread religious practice? |
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| ISSN: | 2214-3955 |
| Contains: | In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22143955-04102003 |