China's Modern Religious Revival

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 11, 2017

After centuries of violent anti-religious campaigns, China is now filled with new temples, churches and mosques. In The Souls of China: The Return of Religion after Mao, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Johnson looks at China’s modern religious revival, and how politicians are using it to their own ends.

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