Constructing China's Jerusalem: Christians, Power, and Place in Contemporary Wenzhou

by Nanlai Cao

Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth life history interviews, this illuminating book provides an intimate portrait of contemporary Chinese Christianity in the context of a modern, commercialized economy. In vivid detail, anthropologist Nanlai Cao explores the massive resurgence of Protestant Christianity in the southeastern coastal city of Wenzhou--popularly referred to by its residents as "China's Jerusalem"--a nationwide model...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804770808
• ISBN13: 9780804770804
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"