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Drawing on representative survey data collected in Taiwan, this study examines the effects on volunteering of Chinese folk religion. We find (1) practicing ancestor worship lowers people's likelihood ...

Historically, religion was an integral part of Chinese life. Across the nation’s cities and countryside spread an archipelago of temples large and small. On temple holidays, some organized processions ...

Buddhism originated around the fifth century B.C.E. in India, but today, more Buddhists live in China than India. Han Buddhism, the dominant branch of Buddhism in China, has blended with local belief ...

Chinese spirit mediums in Singapore, an ethnographic study / Ju Shi Huey -- Chinese divination / Choong Ket Che -- The Sam Poh Neo Neo Keramat, a study of a Baba Chinese temple / Cecilia Ng Siew Hua - ...

Authorities in a southern region of China near Vietnam’s border have continued a crackdown on ethnic minority communities with forcible evictions and relocation, allegedly to save them from ...

Our 2010 estimates of the size of religious groups differ from the 2010 estimates we published in previous reports, including “The Global Religious Landscape” (2012), “The Future of World Religions: ...

Chinese traditional religion encompasses a blend of indigenous beliefs, rituals, and philosophical traditions that have evolved over thousands of years in China. This religious landscape includes ...