Citation

Zuo J. Sociol. Relig. 1991; 52(1): 99-110.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Association for the Sociology of Religion)

DOI

10.2307/3710718

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article focuses on Chinese ritual activities during the Cultural Revolution, when all the traditional religions were abolished by the Chinese Communist Party. It shows that China has never been an atheist country and explores the similarities of Chinese communist rituals to Western religious rituals; it spells out the differences between Chinese political religion and Western civil religion. The analysis is based primarily on the personal experiences and observations of the author during that period.