Making Saints in Modern China

Each Chapter Of This Book Offers A Biography Of A Religious Leader And A Detailed Discussion Of His Or Her Rise To Sainthood Over The Course Of China's Twentieth Century. Throughout, Emphasis Is On The Creative And Largely Successful Strategies Deployed In The Face Of State Indifference Or Hostility. Introduction -- 1. The Charismatic Monk And The Chanting Masses:master Yinguang And His Pure Land Revival Movement -- 2. Zhang Yuanxu: The Making And Unmaking Of A Daoist Saint -- 3. Chan Master Xuyun: The Embodiment Of An Ideal, The Transmission Of A Model -- 4. Duan Zhengyuan And The Moral Studies Society: Religionized Confucianism During The Republican Period -- 5. Two Turns In The Life Of Master Hongyi, Abuddhist Monk In Twentieth-century -- 6. Yiguandao's Patriarch Zhang Tianran: Hagiography, Deification, And Production Of Charisma In A Modern Religious Organization -- 7. Sainthood, Science, And Politics:the Life Of Li Yujie, Founder Of The Tiandijiao -- 8. Subtle Erudition And Compassionate Devotion: Longlian, The Most Outstanding Bhiksuni In Modern China -- 9. Comrade Zhao Puchu: Bodhisattva Under The Red Flag -- 10. The New Clothes Of Sainthood In China: The Case Of Nan Huaijin -- 11. Jingkong: From Universal Saint To Sectarian Saint -- 12. Ren Fajiu: Aliving Daoist Immortal In The People's Republic? -- Bibliography -- Index. Edited By David Ownby, Vincent Goossaert, Ji Zhe. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.