The rapid urbanization in China has had a profound impact on religious practices of rural
communities, but few study has explored the relevant dynamics. This study provides an …

The purpose of this paper is to engage the impact of rural urbanization on the transformation
of rural religions based on description of the urbanization situation and religious …

Recent theoretical advancements in geographies of religion have reconceptualised
secularisation as a multi‐scaled, grounded process of place‐making that reconciles the …

China's dramatic process of urbanization has profound influence on the country's religious
communities, practices and psyche. This article focuses on a village of North Shanghai that …

Although there is a consensus on religious revival in China, it must be noted that popular
religion and institutional religions such as Buddhism and Daoism adopt different strategies …

Drawing on relevant data from surveys conducted in 1995 and 2005, this article explores the
perceptible changes in religious beliefs and practices among the Han Chinese in urban …

The author is interested in looking at religious groups as a location for discussion and
critique in a censorial society in China. This paper will take the approach of the “ecological …

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about massive changes in religious landscapes
across the world. Recent research has focused on whether religions create problems or are …

Religious revitalization may be a phenomenon of the mind and heart, but it also requires
physical spaces and buildings for religion-related activities, and religious specialists to …

In recent years, scholars from a wide variety of disciplines have engaged in the study of
urban religion. Taken together, these studies form a paradigm that intertwines (1) the politics …