"Yang's book Religion in China has brillant chapters, some controversial but all provacative and worth considering."--The New York Review of Books"Yang's book Relgion in China has brillant chapters, some controverial but all provocative and worth connsidering."--Ian Johnson, NYROB"Yang's argument cuts to the heart of contemporary discourses, and does so in a manner that is both nuanced and thought-provoking. Brilliant work; very highly recommended."--Sociology of Religion"This book, or at least the key parts of it, should be required reading in graduate seminars that cover the new paradigm. Yang's argument cuts to the heart of contemporary discourses, and does so in a manner that is both nuanced and thought-provoking. Despite the complexity of the theoretical issues at hand, this is also a very accessible work, with enough detail to interest sinologists, yet not enough to burden nonspecialists--no easy task! Brilliant work; very highly recommended."--Sociology of Religion"Fenggang Yang, a sociologist at Purdue University, takes readers of his new book Religion in China on an overview tour of this dramatic historical peregrination."--American Journal of Sociology"Yang's arguments about the factors driving religious change in China demand our attention."--The Christian Century
