Infernal Affect: Christianity, Urbanization, and Economic Anxiety in China

This article examines the making of uneasy relationships between Protestant Christianity, capitalist reform, and urbanization in China. Drawing on analysis of Chinese Christian media sources as well as ethnographic research conducted in the city of Nanjing, I demonstrate how religious communities be...

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Main Author: Yuan, Xiaobo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2021
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 89, Issue: 3, Pages: 956-977
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