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NEW! A special issue on the state of the field in scholarship on Chinese Buddhism since the death of Mao. Edited by Gareth Fisher. Tom Borchert Stefania Travagnin 史芬妮/阿芬 Jane Caple brill.com/view/journals/…

OPEN ACCESS Stefania Travagnin 史芬妮/阿芬 examines how Buddhists in 21st-century China use social and digital media & even robotics(!) to preach the Dharma & attract followers. Includes a case study about the robot-monk Xian’er 贤二 (Longquan Monastery, Beijing). brill.com/view/journals/…

NEW ARTICLE Douglas Gildow questions the revival narrative of Buddhist monasticism in modern China, clarifying the “basic facts” and arguing that the revival metaphor is simplistic and misleading. brill.com/view/journals/…

A New Name, A New Vision! The Center on Religion and Chinese Society is now changed its name to The Center on Religion and the Global East. Check out our new website: globaleast.org

NEW ARTICLE Orlando Woods reframes the theory of religious economy, highlighting transnational religious influences on religious marketplaces. Church networks between Singapore and China are an example of subverting state regulation to access resources. brill.com/view/journals/…

NEW ARTICLE Gareth Fisher discusses a central aspect of the Han Buddhist revival in post-Mao China: the growth of Buddhist laypersons. He examines the circumstances of this growth and the forms of practice and dimensions of sociality it has produced. brill.com/view/journals/…

NEW ARTICLE Jane Caple overviews the growth of Tibetan Buddhism in post-Mao China, compares everyday engagements with Buddhism, and examines the effects of state-led modernization on Buddhist patronage. brill.com/view/journals/…

NEW ARTICLE Tom Borchert examines changes in Theravada monastic institutions of the Dai-lue people in China’s Yunnan Province as due to both "religion-making from above" (state policies & structures) and "religion-making from below" (Dai-lue responses). brill.com/view/journals/…

NEW! A special RRCS issue on “Confucianism and Daoism: From Max Weber to the Present.” Edited by Anna Sun Alexander Chow Steven Hu, Ph.D. brill.com/view/journals/…

CALL FOR PAPERS - “Generational Legacies: The Family in Chinese Christianity” A Special Issue of Review of Religion and Chinese Society facebook.com/CRGE2020/posts…