America Abroad, the award-winning documentary radio program, has released a new documentary, "The Politics of Faith---The Role of Religion in…
Politics of Faith—The Role of Religion in Divided Societies
China
Gaming reincarnation
In the Oct. 4 issue of The New Yorker, Evan Osnos has a fascinating piece (sub. req.) on the uncertainties…
The future of China’s past: An interview with Mayfair Yang
Anthropologist Mayfair Yang teaches in the Religious Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has done pioneering…
A Chinese turn to religion?
A recent poll suggests that one in three Chinese consider themselves religious, "an astonishing figure for an officially atheist country,…
Choosing a religious leader
If there is one fixed star in American understandings of religion it is that government should not be in charge…
Chinese Christians
At the Guardian, Mervyn Thomas contextualizes the recent Chinese government crackdowns on Christian worship.