Maoism and Grassroots Religion
The Communist Revolution and the Reinvention of Religious Life in China
Xiaoxuan Wang
Reviews and Awards
"Wang's careful reading and field research provides a well-rounded and nuanced approach. As such, the study is an excellent starting point for understanding the continuity and transformation of religion in China since 1949. This book would work especially well as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on the historical and sociological study of religion in China." -- Alex Mayfield, Assistant Professor of History, Department of Social Science and History, Asbury University, Lexington, KY, USA, Mission Studies
"Its detailed stories, further, provide an excellent resource for teaching about the multiple and unexpected trajectories of the Chinese Communist revolution at the local level, which insists on the Maoist revolution as both destructive but equally generative for religious life in China." -- Joshua Tan, Reading Religion
"Overall, the community of scholars studying modern Chinese religions will greatly benefit from this careful research on religion and politics in a mostly rural corner of China during the under-researched Maoist era. There are some unexpected findings that deserve reflection and will make us rethink certain assumptions." -- Mayfair Yang , Review of Religion and Chinese Society