Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Diagrams vii
4. Note on Romanisation viii
5. Preface to the Second Edition ix
6. Acknowledgements to the Second Edition xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. PART 1: INVENTING A RELIGIOUS TRADITION
9. 1. Reinventing Chinese Syncretic Religion: Shenism 21
10. 2. Communicating with Gods, Deities and Spirits 56
11. PART 2: STATE, SOCIETY AND RELIGIOUS ENGINEERING
12. 3. Bureaucratising the Temple and the Sangha 91
13. 4. Establishing an Ethno-Religious Framework and the Religious Law 132
14. 5. Buddhist Welfare and Charity 167
15. 6. Experimenting with Religious Values as Asian Values 195
16. PART 3: TOWARDS A REFORMIST BUDDHISM
17. 7. Towards a Reformist Buddhism 223
18. 8. Members and Their Religiosity 251
19. 9. Competing Claims of Modernity and Class Identity: 271 Christianity versus Reformist Buddhism 271
20. Conclusion 291
21. Postscript to the Second Edition: Towards a Humanist and Socially-engaged Buddhism 299
22. Glossary 303
23. Bibliography 309
24. Index 329