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| Popular Buddhists: The Relationship between Popular Religious Involvement and Buddhist Identity in Contemporary China | ||
| 作者 | Leamaster, Reid J. (著) ; Hu, Anning (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Sociology of Religion |
| 卷期 | v.75 n.2 Summer |
| 出版日期 | 2014 |
| 頁次 | 234 - 259 |
| 出版者 | Oxford University Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.oxfordjournals.org |
| 出版地 | Oxford, UK [牛津, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | 1. Reid J. Leamaster, Purdue University 2. Anning Hu, Fudan University |
| 關鍵詞 | China; popular religion; modernization; secularization; Buddhism |
| 摘要 | Drawing on previous literature and theoretical considerations, the authors identify six key independent variables related to popular religious belief and practice in mainland China: institutional religious affiliation, level of education, income, perspectives on inequality as a social problem, assessment of overall health, and rural residency. Using the 2007 Spiritual Life Study of Chinese Residents, the authors find that Buddhist identity is positively associated with popular religious involvement across measures of popular religious belief and practice. Identifying as a formally committed Buddhist consistently displays the strongest positive relationship with popular religious involvement. The level of education does not reveal a consistent negative association with popular religious adherence, contrary to predictions of classical secularization theory. One measure of existential security theory, feeling inequality is a serious social problem, shows a strong positive relationship with popular religious belief, but not popular religious practices. Finally, despite research highlighting the functional importance of popular religion in rural areas, rural residency is not consistently a significant predictor of popular religious adherence. The implications of these findings are discussed. |
| 目次 | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULAR RELIGION AND OTHER RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS IN CHINA 235 The Relationship between Popular Religion and Buddhism 235 The Relationship between Popular Religion and Other Institutional Religions 238 PREDICTING POPULAR RELIGIOUS ADHERENCE 239 Modernizing Ideologies 239 Existential Security 239 Urban versus Rural Residency 241 DATA AND METHODOLOGY 242 Data 242 Methods and Measures 243 RESULTS 245 DISCUSSION 251 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 255 REFERENCES 255 |
| ISSN | 10694404 (P); 17598818 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 98 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.11.07 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.11.07 |
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