This book explores manifestations of the revival of Buddhism among non-monastic people and communities, building on mixed methods qualitative research.

Kai Shmushko is a Post-doctoral researcher and lecturer in Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. Her academic grounding is China Studies, Religious studies, and Cultural Sociology with a strong orientation towards ethnographic research, including digital ethnography. Her research stands in the nexus of several primary interests: religion and spirituality among Chinese societies; diasporic Chinese communities; heritage and material culture; cultural production in new media and religion and politics of the Chinese sphere. She furthermore held research periods at Renmin University, Fudan University, Chengchi University, and before her current position she worked as a lecturer at Leiden university.

Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: The Roots – Buddhism in Modern China; Chapter Two: The Tibetan Buddhist Fever and the Living Hall Model; Chapter Three: The COVID-19 Pandemic – Resilience and Adaptation; Chapter Four: The Rise of a New Urban China – Shenzhen and Hongfa Temple; Chapter Five: The Rise of Urban China – Zooming into an Urban Village in Shenzhen; Chapter Six: Cyberspace and Technology – Micro-Practices of Belonging; Chapter Seven: Between Science and Supernatural Power – Tea and Buddhist Communities in Taiwan; Conclusion – Multiple Liminalities; Bibliography; Index