{"product_id":"shanghai-sacred-benot-vermander-9780295741680","title":"Shanghai Sacred: The Religious Landscape of a Global City","description":"\u003cp\u003eShanghai, a dynamic world metropolis, is home to a multitude of religions, from Buddhism and Islam, to Christianity and Baha'ism, to Hinduism and Daoism, and many more. In this city of 24 million inhabitants, new religious groups and older faiths together claim and reclaim spiritual space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShanghai Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e explores the spaces, rituals, and daily practices that make up the religious landscape of the city, offering a new paradigm for the study of Chinese spirituality that reflects the global trends shaping Chinese culture and civil society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on years of fieldwork, incorporating both comparative and methodological perspectives, \u003ci\u003eShanghai Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how religions are lived, constructed, and thus inscribed into the social imaginary of the metropolis. Evocative photographs by Liz Hingley enrich and interact with the narrative, making the book an innovative contribution to religious visual ethnography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beno? Vermander, Liz Hingley, Liang Zhang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295741686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295741680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2018","brand":"Beno? Vermander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913565339903,"sku":"9780295741680","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3c4740cb-2b9f-4fc0-a5e6-c183b3791f87.jpg?v=1680621086","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shanghai-sacred-benot-vermander-9780295741680","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}