RT Article
T1 Chinese Muslims in Transregional Spaces of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Beyond in the Twentieth Century
JF Review of Religion and Chinese Society
VO 5
IS 2
SP 135
OP 155
A1 Cieciura, Wlodzimierz
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1685385656
AB This article examines the modern social history of Chinese Hui Muslims in the context of transregional connections within and beyond the borders of the two modern Chinese nation-states, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan. The article applies Engseng Ho's concepts for the study of Inter-Asia to the biographical study of several prominent Hui religious professionals and intellectuals. The experiences and personal contributions to the development of modern Chinese Muslim culture of people like Imam Ma Songting are scrutinized, along with political and ideological conflicts over different visions of Chineseness and "Huiness" during the turbulent twentieth century. It is argued that when studying the social history of Chinese Muslims, researchers should not limit themselves to the religious activities of Hui elites that occurred within the confines of the two Chinese nation-states, but should also take into consideration the expansion of those elites' religious activities abroad and the intensive circulation of knowledge across Inter-Asian spaces in which they participated.
K1 Chinese Muslims
K1 Inter-Asia
K1 circulations
K1 Connections
K1 Ethnicity
K1 Identity
K1 華人穆斯林
K1 民族
K1 人脈
K1 流通
K1 亞際
K1 認同
DO 10.1163/22143955-00502002