Description: This is the first book-length study of Han Chinese Buddhism in post-Mao China.
Brief description: Gareth Fisher is associate professor of religion and anthropology at Syracuse University.
Review Quotes:
In recent years, a number of books about Buddhism in contemporary China and Taiwan have been published.
This book is a welcome addition. . . . This book makes an important contribution to the study of contemporary Buddhism in China. Although lay Buddhist groups have existed in history, several features stand out about the one that is the focus of this book.