Religion in Chinese Societies
Edited by Kenneth Dean, McGill University, Richard Madsen University of California, San Diego, and David Palmer, University of Hong Kong
Biographical note
Kenneth Dean, James McGill Professor, Lee Chair of Chinese Cultural Studies, East Asian Studies, McGill University. His latest book is Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plains, 2 vols. (Leiden, Brill, 2010). He recently directed the documentary Bored in Heaven (2010).
Richard Madsen (Ph.D. Harvard 1977) is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He has written 12 books on various aspects of religion and morality in both America and China. His most recent book is Democracy’s Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan.
David A. Palmer is Assistant Professor in the department of Sociology and fellow of the Centre for Anthropological Research at Hong Kong University. He is the author of Qigong Fever: Body, Science and Utopia in China and co-author of The Religious Question in Modern China.
Richard Madsen (Ph.D. Harvard 1977) is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He has written 12 books on various aspects of religion and morality in both America and China. His most recent book is Democracy’s Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan.
David A. Palmer is Assistant Professor in the department of Sociology and fellow of the Centre for Anthropological Research at Hong Kong University. He is the author of Qigong Fever: Body, Science and Utopia in China and co-author of The Religious Question in Modern China.
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