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DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, Buddhism has experienced a significant reviva
 l in mainland China.&nbsp\; In the outer courtyard of the Temple of Univer
 sal Rescue (Guangji Si) in Beijing\, many new converts to lay Buddhism gat
 her to ground Buddhist teachings in everyday social and political matters 
 of interest to them.&nbsp\; To the extent that they comment on questions o
 f general public interest\, the lay Buddhists who gather at the temple hav
 e created a form of civil society.&nbsp\; Yet the potential of this emergi
 ng civil society is limited.&nbsp\; By drawing on a long-term micro-ethnog
 raphy of this temple space\, this presentation will revisit the question o
 f civil society’s potentials and limitations in China today. Gareth Fisher
  is assistant professor in the Department of Religion. He received his Ph.
 D. in socio-cultural anthropology from the University of Virginia. His res
 earch focuses on the revival of lay Buddhism in contemporary China. His ar
 ticle “The Spiritual Land Rush: Merit and Morality in New Chinese Buddhist
  Temple Construction” has recently appeared in The Journal of Asian Studie
 s ([67]1\, 2008).&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:EA presents: Gareth Fisher
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In recent years\, Buddhism has experienced a s
 ignificant revival in mainland China.&nbsp\; In the outer courtyard of the
  Temple of Universal Rescue (Guangji Si) in Beijing\, many new converts to
  lay Buddhism gather to ground Buddhist teachings in everyday social and p
 olitical matters of interest to them.&nbsp\; To the extent that they comme
 nt on questions of general public interest\, the lay Buddhists who gather 
 at the temple have created a form of civil society.&nbsp\; Yet the potenti
 al of this emerging civil society is limited.&nbsp\; By drawing on a long-
 term micro-ethnography of this temple space\, this presentation will revis
 it the question of civil society’s potentials and limitations in China tod
 ay. Gareth Fisher is assistant professor in the Department of Religion. He
  received his Ph.D. in socio-cultural anthropology from the University of 
 Virginia. His research focuses on the revival of lay Buddhism in contempor
 ary China. His article “The Spiritual Land Rush: Merit and Morality in New
  Chinese Buddhist Temple Construction” has recently appeared in The Journa
 l of Asian Studies ([67]1\, 2008).&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
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