A review by boggremlin
The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao by Ian Johnson

3.0

A thoughtful examination of religion and culture in post-Mao society. Johnson is deeply interested in the people he encounters in his travels, and the discussion of cultural religions (Taoism, Confucianism, etc.), as well as underground Protestant Christianity, is interesting in terms of how faith is practiced by people in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. My biggest takeaway was how Johnson discussed that contemporary Chinese relate more to the concept of faith/spiritual practice as opposed to a more formal (Western) structure of religious life.