Paul R. Katz has composed a fascinating account of the fate of Chinese religions during the modern era by assessing mutations of communal religious life, innovative forms of religious publishing, and the religious practices of modern Chinese elites traditionally considered models of secular modernity. The author offers a rare look at the monumental changes that have affected mo...(展开全部)

康豹 (Paul R. Katz) 美國普林斯頓大學東亞系博士，曾經在國立中正大學與國立中央大學擔任過副教授和教授。目前為中央研究院近代史研究所特聘研究員，並擔任蔣經國國際學術交流基金會研究室主任。他的研究主要集中在近代中國和台灣的宗教社會史，以跨學科的方法綜合歷史文獻和田野調查。 於碩士班修業期間，習得民間文學研究的理論與方法，並曾在2011～2013年間參與「花蓮地區地方風物傳說采集與考察」國科會（今科技部）專題計畫，透過實地田野調查及親身訪談，深刻體認到流傳於臺灣民間的傳說故事，皆蘊含著人民的智慧與情感，遂決定於熟悉的家鄉進行民間文學研究。

约瑟夫•列文森（Joseph R. Levenson，1920—1969），青年时期就读于哈佛大学，二战时应征入伍，战后回到哈佛大学攻读博士学位。1951年，经费正清推荐，赴加州大学伯克利分校任教。1969年不幸溺水身亡。列文森是20世纪五六十年代美国中国学研究领域的代表人物，美国中国近代思想史研究领域的开拓者。他视野广阔、才华横溢，被同仁誉为“莫扎特式的历史学家”。以他名字命名的“列文森中国研究最佳著作奖”，是美国中国学领域最重要的奖项之一。代表作为《梁启超与中国近代思想》（1953）、《儒教中国及其现代命运》（1965）、《革命与世界主义》（1971）。

What is the meaning of love in modern Chinese politics? Why has ai . (love) been a crucial political discourse for secular nationalism for generations of political leaders as a powerful instrument to the present day? This book offers the first systematic examination of the ways in which the notion of love has been introduced, adapted, and engineered as a political discourse for...(展开全部)

Approaching the prison as a creative environment and imprisoned officials as creative subjects in Ming China (1368-1644), Ying Zhang introduces important themes at the intersection of premodern Chinese religion, poetry, and visual and material culture. The Ming is known for its extraordinary cultural and economic accomplishments in the increasingly globalized early modern world...(展开全部)

Before the modernist transformations of the twentieth century, China had one of the richest and most diverse religious cultures in the world. The radical anti-traditionalist policies of both the Republican and Communist regimes as well as other socio-historical factors posed formidable challenges to China’s religious traditions but, this book argues, these conditions also prese...(展开全部)

In this original and readable book, Charles Stafford describes the Chinese fascination with separation and reunion. Drawing on his field studies in Taiwan and mainland China, he gives a vivid account of raucous festivals of reunion, elaborate rituals for the sending-off of gods (and daughters), poetic moments of leave-takings between friends, and bitter political rhetoric about...(展开全部)

The Nanputuo Temple in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen has been a cherished site for the worship of the bodhisattva Guanyin for centuries. It was a center of modernizing Buddhism in the early twentieth century and a flagship for the revival of Buddhism after state suppression during the Cultural Revolution. The Space of Religion takes readers inside the Nanputuo Temple ...(展开全部)

Making Religion, Making the State combines cutting-edge perspectives on religion with rich empirical data to offer a challenging new argument about the politics of religion in modern China. The volume goes beyond extant portrayals of the opposition of state and religion to emphasize their mutual constitution. With chapters written by experts on Buddhism, Protestantism, Catholic...(展开全部)