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z316pz53262	Megan Rogers	Conceptualizing and Measuring Religion in China: Theory and Measures Appropriate for the Case	2013		.txt	text/plain	220	8	28	China, however, complicates efforts to apply standard sociological definitions of religion in two main ways: the Chinese government's official conceptualization of religion has dominated Chinese religious discourse over the past century, and the exclusive, belief-centric, and congregational conceptualizations of religion developed in the Western, Judeo-Christian context are of little use in understanding the largely local, ritual-based practices common in places like China. In short, such complications illustrate the fact that we will never understand and measure 'religion' in China well until we theorize 'religion' well, and understanding religion in China requires adequate measures that are appropriate for the case.	cache/z316pz53262.txt	txt/z316pz53262.txt